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[earwik]

Hi,

I have a setup in which a device is a TFTP client and TFTPD32 on my Windows XP Pro machine is the DHCP and TFTP server for this client. At a certain stage, the client requests a file from the server. On that moment my LAN port starts to toggle between link up, link down during the whole period the client tries to download the file. When the client gives up, the LAN port stays up.

I tried changing settings in TFTPD32 itself, on the LAN card, Windows firewall, alas... no effect.
I tried using a different LAN port (a PCMCIA card), but also that did not work.
I tried using a different PC (exactly the same as mine, which is a HP Compaq nc6320) and this worked!

What could be wrong with my PC that the TFTP download does not work?

Cheers,

Earwik

[was_jaclaz]

VERY hard to say.

I remember there were some Virii, some time ago, that used TFTP for doing whatever Virii do and made the LAN port behave as you describe.

If you are positive that you are Virus free and that the tftp.exe file has not been tampered with, the problem might lie in some Registry entry, but cannot even give you a hint where on Registry to search for.

Maybe, just maybe, a Virus removal tool like this:
http://www.sophos.co...n/blastera.html
might restore the correct Registry entries.

Did you check the Event Logs for anything unusual?

jaclaz

[earwik]

By the way, here are the Ethereal captures for a successful and an unsuccessful download.

Attached Files

•  CP_bad.cap.txt   2.41KB   649 downloads
•  CP_good.cap.txt   1.71MB   567 downloads

[earwik]

Thanks for the tips jaclaz.

My system is clean (I ran various tools). The only event log I see is:
Event Type: Information
Event Source: Tcpip
Event Category: None
Event ID: 4201
Date: 13/09/2007
Time: 11:32:44
User: N/A
Computer:
Description:
The system detected that network adapter D-Link DFE-650TXD Fast Ethernet PC Card was connected to the network, and has initiated normal operation over the network adapter.

So also that is OK. I'm really running out of ideas here!

Cheers,

Earwik.