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[trickyott]

I have some games I like to back up onto my DNS323.
I went to do so today and after about half way through the first one, it stopped the file transfer and said that it cannot connect to the network drive. (I have it mapped as the Z:\ drive)

So I started by copying one file at a time. Even this doesn't work. (1.5 GB's in size for this test)
I rebooted the DNS-323 and also my router (D-Link DIR-655).
Did not solve anything.

I thought maybe a firmware update on the box would help.
Upgraded from 1.07 to 1.08. Did not help.

Upgraded the router firmware from 1.2 to 1.33NA. Did not help.

Turned off Windows Firewall.

Rebooted everything again. Still nada.

I am running Win7 64 on a home built machine.
When the transfer starts everything looks great, then I can hear the hard drives just stop writing and it eventually times out.
Once the time out has happened, I can immediately access the network drive and try again.
Windows complains that it can no longer connect to the drive and to check my network connections.

My DNS-323 has a static IP and it is always pingable. If I run an extended ping during the file transfer, everything seems to work ok.

Is there a possible sleep function screwing me up?

Any help appreciated.

[trickyott]

As a side note, it just happened again while I was running my ping.

Reply from 192.168.1.5: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.5: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.5: bytes=32 time=2909ms TTL=64
Request timed out.
Reply from 192.168.1.5: bytes=32 time=2766ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.5: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.5: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.5: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.5: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.5: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.5: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.5: bytes=32 time=3160ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.5: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64

I'm thinking the NIC on the box is defective.

[alanbrowne]

Well on a massive 180 GB transfer it dies on me anywhere from 80 - 120 GB in (several tries).

The DNS-323 is going back to Best Buy today.

(Actual reason is the poor permissions setup).

[gunrunnerjohn]

I have copied my whole 800gig backup onto both my DNS-323 and DNS-321 several times and it all works without a hitch.  That would indicate it may be a hardware issue with your box or some other issue within the overall network configuration.

[alanbrowne]

I have copied my whole 800gig backup onto both my DNS-323 and DNS-321 several times and it all works without a hitch.  That would indicate it may be a hardware issue with your box or some other issue within the overall network configuration.

The only path where I have this problem (massive file copy) is on the DNS-323.  To the PC, the same set copies with no errors (both ways). From the Mac or the PC to the DNS-323, it eventually dies.  Disk scans as healthy (and this is after returning another disk).

IAC, the ruling reason to return the unit is the permissions fiasco.

[gunrunnerjohn]

So, you really have two reasons to take it back.