Ethernet looses Connection Boot Camp WinXP

Hi,
I am running Boot Camp with an XP installation. My Ehternet connection is very unstable. When I ping some address like www.apple.com, www.yahoo.com, www.google.com I generally see that a lot of packets are lost (from 1 out of 4 to 3 out of four, sometimes all packets are lost).
This behaviour seems to be dependent on the router I am attached to: its worth at work than at home. Both routers work fine when I use Mac OS and they even work fine when I use my old Dell notebook with Windows installed.
Strangely the WiFi connection seems to work fine (at least at home, no WiFi at work).
Yes I have installed the Windows drivers from the Mac OS X disc. I even have reinstalled Windows and event tried Vista. Same results.
Any idea what the problem might be? To me it looks like a driver issue.
TIA
ralf

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