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    "semaphore timeout" error on large file transfer

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by jkiller2, Jun 5, 2009.

  1. jkiller2

    jkiller2 Notebook Guru

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    Hey Folks,

    Just looking for a point in the right direction. When I try to transfer big files (>900mb) over my wireless network onto my NAS harddrive (Synology DS107+), I get the following error either immediately or during the file transfer and the whole thing craps out:

    "The semaphore timeout period has expired"

    When I shut off my wireless, directly attach my computer to the router (Linksys WRT54G - yeah, not the best) with the usual Cat5, the whole thing works fine (and obviously faster).

    Where's the problem at? The computer, the router or the harddrive? Never ever had this error message before.

    Thanks for any help!


    P.S. My current wireless driver is 12.1.2.1.
     
    jkiller2, Jun 5, 2009
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  2. Shyster1

    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    What wireless card do you have? Have you checked in your event logs to see what, if anything, got logged there? Any log entries might have a lot more info that would help to narrow down the source of the problem.
     
    Shyster1, Jun 5, 2009
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    jkiller2 Notebook Guru

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    Intel(R) WiFi Link 5300 AGN

    Yeah, I've checked the event logs (as best as I could), but the only network-diagnostics that got logged was that I lost connection to the wireless network right after i tried to send the big files. I'm going to try the whole thing again and see if I missed anything.
     
    jkiller2, Jun 5, 2009
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    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    I just had this problem today when trying to transfer a map to a microSD card. What gives? I just cant copy anything :mad: (they are around 3 to 10 megs)
     
    eleron911, Oct 6, 2009
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