At work we've got an old w2k machine we're using as a print server. This has worked perfectly for over a year.

Recently, (last 2-3 weeks) the machine will unexplainedly lose connection to the LAN. Which means no other machines can print to it or access any other shares. It doesn't happen very often (5 hrs-2 days) and a reboot always fixes it in the short term.

The machine has 2 NIC's in it and I've switched from the one to the other.

My main problem is that it happens at times when it's not possible to troubleshoot. So I'm left to guessing in the after hours and waiting for it to happen again.

I've completely uninstalled NortonInternet Security and reinstalled.

At this time the only other things I can think of is possibly a intermittently bad CAT5 cable or a bad port in the hub. (we've got 14 IP's from the ISP so no router used)

Anyone have any other ideas? TIA