From: "Lewis G Rosenthal" Received: from [162.83.95.100] (account lgrosenthal HELO [192.168.200.51]) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with ESMTPA id 267694 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Thu, 03 Aug 2006 11:00:27 -0400 Message-ID: <44D20F81.705@2rosenthals.com> Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2006 11:00:17 -0400 Organization: Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; U; Warp 4.5; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20060701 MultiZilla/1.8.2.0i SeaMonkey/1.5a MIME-Version: 1.0 To: OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless]Re: SOCKETS.SYS Error References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hmmm... So you're using GenMAC for your wired ethernet as well as wireless? And you get these crashes both wired and wireless? Try a non-GenMAC driver for the wired NIC, if that is the case. FWIW, here is my info: INETVER identical to yours. [C:\]bldlevel \genmac\driver\genm32w.os2 Build Level Display Facility Version 6.12.675 Sep 25 2001 (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1993-2001 Signature: @#Willibald Meyer : 1.7.XXX WPA#@ GenMac Wrapper Vendor: Willibald Meyer Revision: 1.07.XXX WPA File Version: 1.7 Description: GenMac Wrapper For my wired NIC, I'm using the Broadcom driver, which does not include bldlevel information: 11-29-05 12:54p 43,998 0 a--- B57.OS2 On 08/02/06 01:00 pm, Rick R. thus wrote : > Hi Lewis ! > > By now my OS/2 system has become pretty much a CRAP > system as far as the Internet is concerned. > I just can not afford to have this damn box crash with > dozens of apps running: > Version numbers of TCP/IP protocol drivers: > SOCKETS.SYS: 6.3100 > AFOS2.SYS: 6.3100 > AFINET.SYS: 6.3100 > > Not sure how to get the NIC versions, but I do know > that the GenMac driver should be the latest version > around. > I'm also using the latest WiFi driver version. > > Thanks for any help > > --- Lewis G Rosenthal > wrote: > > >> On 07/31/06 02:34 pm, Rick R. thus wrote : >> >>> Hello Folks >>> >>> I still get those dreaded SOCKETS.SYS errors, even >>> >> so >> >>> I applied all those SILLY IBM fixpaks that are out >>> there. >>> Is there any non-standard fix out for that error? >>> >>> >>> >>> >> I've found that jogging my NIC driver forward or >> back a version >> sometimes helps. What NIC driver(s) are you using, >> and what's your >> INETVER, Rick? >> >> -- Lewis ------------------------------------------------------------ Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA, CLP, CLE Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC Accountants / Network Consultants New York / Northern Virginia www.2rosenthals.com eComStation Consultants www.ecomstation.com Novell Users Int'l www.novell.com/openenterpriseserver Need a managed Wi-Fi hotspot? www.hautspot.com ------------------------------------------------------------