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From: Teflon on 3 Apr 2010 00:51
XP Pro, SP3.

System has been slowing down. of late, so I looked at the System log
in Event Viewer and saw Info entries for tcpip every 5 to 10 seconds.
All are the same, 'The system detected that network adapter \DEVICE
\TCPIP(lots of numbers) was connected to the network and has initiated
normal operation over the network adapter.'

Seems like an excessive amount of activity, but have no idea what it
means or if this is a normal amount of activity.

Is this normal? Could that be putting a drain on the system?
From: John Wunderlich on 3 Apr 2010 17:09
Teflon <spambaitmeister(a)gmail.com> wrote in
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> XP Pro, SP3.
>
> System has been slowing down. of late, so I looked at the System
> log in Event Viewer and saw Info entries for tcpip every 5 to 10
> seconds. All are the same, 'The system detected that network
> adapter \DEVICE \TCPIP(lots of numbers) was connected to the
> network and has initiated normal operation over the network
> adapter.'
>
> Seems like an excessive amount of activity, but have no idea what
> it means or if this is a normal amount of activity.
>
> Is this normal? Could that be putting a drain on the system?
>

This isn't normal. You will probably get the same message if you
unplug and plug back in your ethernet cable. This is most likely a
hardware problem -- either a bad cable, connector, modem/router, or
NIC. If you have a long cable run, you might try dropping your
ethernet speed to 10 Mbps from 100 Mbps. The slower speed is more
tolerant to cable noise. You do this by double-clicking on your
network adapter under Device Manager (Start->Run->"devmgmt.msc") then
looking for a "Speed" setting under the "Advanced" tab. Try changing
it from "Auto" to "10/Full" and see if it improves.

HTH,
John

From: Teflon on 3 Apr 2010 18:50
On Apr 3, 2:09 pm, John Wunderlich <jwunderl...(a)lycos.com> wrote:

> This isn't normal.  You will probably get the same message if you
> unplug and plug back in your ethernet cable.  This is most likely a
> hardware problem -- either a bad cable, connector, modem/router, or
> NIC.  If you have a long cable run, you might try dropping your
> ethernet speed to 10 Mbps from 100 Mbps. The slower speed is more
> tolerant to cable noise.  You do this by double-clicking on your
> network adapter under Device Manager (Start->Run->"devmgmt.msc") then
> looking for a "Speed" setting under the "Advanced" tab.  Try changing
> it from "Auto" to "10/Full" and see if it improves.

Thanks for responding John. My internet connection is via wireless
(Intel Centrino in IBM laptop), connection manager is IBM's (Lenovo's)
ThinkVantage Connections app. Disconnected and the Event Viewer tcpip
Info messages stopped. Reconnected and the message every 5 seconds
routine started again. All TVC indicators say the connection is
strong and healthy. Any other ideas?


From: Animenia on 3 Apr 2010 08:36

Hi.

To determine wether the amount of activity in the log is normal or not
depends on your amount of softwares running that utilize the internet.

Every software you have installed on your system with an "automatic
update" feature will utilize your network connection and end up in the
log.

I would run a spyware/malware scan just to be certain tho.

Hitman pro is a free, good software using several different
spyware/malware and anti-virus softwares for as good a scan as
possible.
Depending on how much it finds the scan can take up to 10 hours.

You can download Hitman Pro from www.hitmanpro.nl/

/ Ani


From: John Wunderlich on 4 Apr 2010 00:50
Teflon <spambaitmeister(a)gmail.com> wrote in
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> Thanks for responding John. My internet connection is via
> wireless (Intel Centrino in IBM laptop), connection manager is
> IBM's (Lenovo's) ThinkVantage Connections app. Disconnected and
> the Event Viewer tcpip Info messages stopped. Reconnected and the
> message every 5 seconds routine started again. All TVC indicators
> say the connection is strong and healthy. Any other ideas?
>

Sorry, no idea. If it's dependably every 5 seconds when connected,
then it may be normal. You might check to see if there is a newer
version of the Connections app.

HTH,
John
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