Network issues with an MSDE application

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Jason

Hello Everyone,
I'm hoping someone here might have some ideas that we could employ at our
site. We have a SQL based application running on top of MSDE 2000.
Throughout the day we have intermittant errors within the app that indicate
a connection loss to the server. Also when we come in to the office in the
a.m., if the app is left running they almost always show a disconnect error
from the application's database.

We've verified that the machines/NIC's aren't going into sleep/hibernation
mode and the cabling is new (that doesn't mean it is bullet proof though i
guess). Any ideas on how we can try to troubleshoot this? Ideas we've
tried are replacing the hub/switches and cables as well.

Is there any command we can run like a consistant ping with logging that
would show us when the network drops so we could try to narrow this down
more? Thanks!

Jason
 
Are you on an AD domain?

Usually "connection loss" in AD is due to mis configured DNS.

hth
DDS W 2k MVP MCSE
 
No, AD is not installed here. Actually it is just a peer-to-peer network,
forgot to include that!

Jason
 
I don't think AD has anything to do with your issues.
You can install a software like Server Monitor from www.poweradmin.com to
monitor your network conectivity using ICMP. This way you can see if you
have lost network conectivity during the night.
There are a lot of free software that can do this; this one is just an
example that I've found using google.


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