Loosing Network Connection

[PAC]

I have two PCs in a network. After a few hours uptime, the connection is
lost. This is the error message in Event Viewer I believe would be
associated with the disconnection:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: MRxSmb
Event Category: None
Event ID: 8003
Date: 13/07/2003
Time: 08:12:00
User: N/A
Computer: P420
Description:
The master browser has received a server announcement from the computer T23
that believes that it is the master browser for the domain on transport
NetBT_Tcpip_{755C578F-EF9B-488A-8DEA. The master browser is stopping or an
election is being forced.
Data:
0000: 00 00 00 00 03 00 50 00 ......P.
0008: 00 00 00 00 43 1f 00 c0 ....C..À
0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0018: 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

I am running W2KSP4 on one machine and WXP Pro SP1 on the other, fixed IP
address on both Any ideas of how I can the connection alive?

Thanx
PAC

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Ignoring the Event Viewer message (which does not
necessarily indicate an error condition), what makes
you think that you have lost your network connection?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Does this mean
- You are unable to ping the other PC, or
- You can ping but cannot connect to a share?

If so, what are the error messages when you attempt
to ping or to connect to a share from a Command Prompt?

 

[PAC]

I just rebooted and the connection is now OK (ping and connect to share is
working fine). Can I e-mail you if the problem should repeat itself?

PAC

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Please feel free to continue this thread.

I just rebooted and the connection is now OK (ping and connect to share is
working fine). Can I e-mail you if the problem should repeat itself?

PAC