How to Fix Error 64 “The specified network name is no longer available”
In this article we show possible fixes for Windows error 64 “The specified network name is no longer available”,
which may pop up when large network I/O is performed and appears to affect only certain kinds of devices, for example, Linux-based NAS devices during lengthy backups.
In the network adapter settings of the sending machine (or both machines), disable all of the following options, if they exist:
Large Receive Offload Large Send Offload IPv4 Checksum Offload TCP Checksum Offload
In addition, you could locate the following key in the registry and set it to 1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\TCPIP\Parameters\DisableTaskOffload
The above key disables the TCP Chimney (TCP Offload). Setting it to 0 enables it again.
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