I had the same problem this weekend.
I had to disconnect the computers from
the network and then reconnect them.
After that the problem cleared for a while...
73, Ted K2QMF
On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 08:54:12 -0500 "Hal Kennedy" <halken@comcast.net>
writes:
> Okay - here is the data I have so far from stations that experience
> the
> flashing-bandmap-followed-by-crash problem. I suspect more will
> come in
> after this weekend. Ill continue to collect private email from
> those
> having the problem for a few more days. Being neither a computer
> expert
> nor software expert, my ability to help past facilitating is
> limited.
> My only suggestion at this point to those with the problem is to go
> into
> writelog.ini and under [Bandmap] change
>
> DefaultTimeoutSeconds=1800 to a much smaller number. This may help
> if
> the problem is related to handling large numbers of spots. If the
> bandmap flashing is a symptom of the machines bogging down for some
> other reason, this will probably not help.
>
>
>
> Call, OS, # computers, CPU, RAM, network
>
>
>
> WW4LL, 2000NT, 2, 1G+, ??, Ethernet, TCP/IP, WL10.55D
>
> PJ2T, 98SE, 3, ~500MHz, ??, Ethernet TCP/IP, WL10.55D
>
> PI4CC, 98SE, 7, 266MHz, 64M, Ethernet TCP/IP
>
> W4MYA, 98SE, 7, 500MHz, ??, All wireless TCP/IP, WL10.55D
>
> K5NA, XP, 7, 1G or better, 1G, Ethernet & wireless TCP/IP, WL10.55D
>
> K5NA, same as above but with 2 computers
>
> K5NA, same as above with WIN98SE
>
> VE3XD, XP-SP2, 2, 2G, 512M, Ethernet TCP/IP, WL10.55D
>
>
>
>
>
> Notes:
>
> At K5NA the fastest machine crashes as often as the slowest
>
> Several report shutting off the bandmap stops the crashes
>
> Several report using their fastest machine as the hub - doesn't
> help
>
> Several report problem for at least a year
>
> W4MYA attempting to go back to WL 10.47
>
> K7VIT reports inability to network WIN95 machine with XP machines -
> unsure if flashing bandmap related.
>
>
>
> Observations
>
> Predates WL 10.55D
>
> All popular OS: 98, 2K, XP
>
> No correlation to machine speed
>
> No correlation to RAM size
>
> No correlation to Ethernet vs. wireless
>
> related to TCP/IP, but may not be causal
>
>
>
> Hopefully, Writelog-Central will wade in on this shortly.
>
>
>
> 73
>
> Hal
>
> N4GG
>
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