Extended boot time.

[Xeroid]

-Toshiba 1800 S203 Laptops
-3Com FE575C PCMCIA NIC cards

We have 2 of this setup and are getting very extended boot times with a NIC installed in the card slot and not connected to a network. We also have some Compaq V300 laptops with NIC's installed in the card slot and Compaq 110-S laptops with integrated NIC's that don't have this problem.

If we hook the Toshiba laptops up to a network and then boot, the extended boot time is not an issue. If we remove the NIC cards from the card slot before booting then the extended boot time is not an issue.

DHCP is not selected on the Laptops. They all have a static IP. TCPIP and NetBEUI are the protocols in use.

Any ideas?

Mike

EDIT: The OS is Win98 SE

[Judas]

Sounds like they are trying to become List Masters. You need to turn of Browse Master/LM Announce.

[nilknarf]

Originally posted by Judas
Sounds like they are trying to become List Masters. You need to turn of Browse Master/LM Announce.

That sounds about right for this issue. I used to have a similar issue myself. I just popped out the NIC when I didn't need it.

Tim

[Xeroid]

Originally posted by nilknarf


That sounds about right for this issue. I used to have a similar issue myself. I just popped out the NIC when I didn't need it.

Tim

Hey Tim,
That's what we have being having to do with these Toshiba laptops. It's puzzling why it doesn't effect the Compaq laptops.

Originally posted by Judas

Sounds like they are trying to become List Masters. You need to turn of Browse Master/LM Announce.

So Judas, should I set Browse Master and LM Announce to Disabled? They are set to Automatic now. The OS is Win98 SE on both units, BTW.

Mike

[Judas]

Err Yes, sorry for the typo "need to turn OFF ..."