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Originally Posted by shake
What happens when the machine is turned on, but not doing anything?
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Yup. When it's on the LAN speed is pretty normal.
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Originally Posted by Mr Pheer
Thanks Trump!
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That orange bastard!
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Originally Posted by crucifissio
Is it win10? It updates while you are in sleep mode, I do not know what level of OFF you are using...
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Yes its Windows 10, but it's pretty "off". It has to be turned on to do a windows update. I VNC to the machine so I don't have a kbd and monitor connected to it at the moment but what I will do this weekend is dig into the bios and see if there is more than 1 level of "off".
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Originally Posted by VRPdommy
Many possibilities here, but from the few real details we have, if you mean OFF as in powered down, I would say that the network card is lowering the voltage of the net data across the switch.
(causing packet loss, but you can test that with a ping inside your nat)
Try a different router/switch or different net card or even swap the switch ports around. Sounds like a cheap router/switch and or cheap nic or both.
You might also look in the BIOS for utility functions of the network while asleep etc.
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Thanks for the info. I tried swapping the switch for a brand new one but get the exact same problem. The NIC is on the motherboard so it can't be swapped, but since its an Alienware it should be top notch. I'm going to explore the bios this weekend and see. To me, this has to be a soft error somewhere and since this occurs when the machine is "off", but not with the AC unplugged, I'm now guessing its a bios setting.
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Originally Posted by VRPdommy
One last thought that struck me...
Check the AC Plug (wall) wiring that the HOT is hot and neutral is neutral and not ground ON ALL COMPUTERS HARD WIRED TO THAT NETWORK. especially if your ground is not bonded to neutral. You may have a mismatch on one of them and the potential is there for ac noise floating lightly on the net lines if the case. If you do not know how to check that, or can't find someone who does, they make a led plug that will tell you the wiring status.(cheap enough)
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Hmmm.. currently, there are 3 machines plugged into the same AC plug. The AC connectors are oriented the same way. The LED plug sounds like a good idea. Will check it too. thanks!