Re: second NIC disabled on-board NIC

Peter Julian wrote:
> <hawat.thufir@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1119375879.176228.27690@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > I have two computers, named arrakis and caladan. on arrakis
> > I recently installed a new internal NIC, which seems to
> > interfere with the onboard NIC. why is the new
> > NIC doing that, please?
>
> Is the operating system installed with a standard HAL or an ACPI HAL? Is the
> onboard NIC enabled in bios? Did you verify the motherboard's shared
> resource table for add on adapters? Did you verify if the NIC was disabled
> in Device Manager (ie: hidden device?).



arrakis uses a k7som+ motherboard, see link below. Device manager
gives:

Network adapters
D-Link DFE-538TX 10/100 Adapter

Other devices
ethernet controller
Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller
Video Controller (VGA compatible)

it's only showing the new NIC, as far as I can tell.

beyond, that I'm unable to answer those questions without more
research. can those questions be rephrased, please?


links:
<http://www.ecsusa.com/downloads/manual_k7s.html>
<http://usa.asus.com/prog/spec.asp?m=WL-330g&langs=09>
<http://www.dlink.ca/product.php?PID=124>


some command line stuff, from caladan:


C:\>ipconfig /all

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : CALADAN
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 3Com EtherLink XL 10/100
PCI
For Complete PC Management NIC (3C905C-TX)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-DA-68-8C-B2
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.120
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, June 21, 2005
2:06:4
0 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, June 28, 2005
2:06:4
0 PM

C:\>

C:\>
C:\>route print
=========================================================================
==
Interface List
0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface
0x1000003 ...00 50 da 68 8c b2 ...... 3Com EtherLink PCI
=========================================================================
==
=========================================================================
==
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface
Metr
ic
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.2.1 192.168.2.120
1
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1
1
192.168.2.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.2.120 192.168.2.120
1
192.168.2.120 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1
1
192.168.2.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.2.120 192.168.2.120
1
224.0.0.0 224.0.0.0 192.168.2.120 192.168.2.120
1
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.2.120 192.168.2.120
1
Default Gateway: 192.168.2.1
=========================================================================
==
Persistent Routes:
None




from arrakis, this I had to type in:


c:\ ipconfig /all

Windows 2000 IP Configuration
Host Name: arrakis
Primary DNS suffix:
Node Type: Broadcast
IP Routing enabled: No
WINS Proxy enabled: No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State: Cable Disconnected
Description: D-Link DFE-538TX 10/100 Adapter
Physical Address: 00-0D-88-37-FA-22

C:\ route print

interface list
0x1 MS TCP Loopback interface
0x1000003 00 0d 88 37 fa 22 D-Link DFE-538TX 10/100 Adapter


Active Routes:

Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 1

Persistent Routes:
None

C:\

background, if you like:


experiments with ping:

using an ethernet crossover cable I conducted some simple
experiments with ping between two computers, arrakis and caladan.
For now, I just want to be able to re-produce a succesful ping.

arrakis is the "problem" computer, it has two NIC's the onboard
and the d-link. neither NIC is fully co-operating.
I've had some success with the d-link NIC, no success with the
onboard NIC.

caladan is the backup computer, older but simpler.
caladan is also running win2k.
caladan has access to the internet, but just one NIC. with
just one ethernet port, caladan can either connect to the
internet with a wi-fi 802.11b/g network adapter or connect
to arrakis with the crossover cable, but not both simultaneously.

the 802.11b/g network adapter only seems to work in caladan,
it was working in caladan, but after resetting the network
adapter, no more. the wi-fi adapter works very nicely.

by booting both computers simultaneously, as I recall,
I was able to ping. on arrakis, "ping caladan" gave
good results, and on caladan "ping arrakis" also gave good
results, no lost packets. the crossover cable was plugged
into the d-link NIC for arrakis.

this establishes that the cross-over cable is ok, and that
the d-link NIC for arrakis are working ok.

I then tried mixing up a few things, like switching back
to the regular ethernet cable, and connecting arrakis
and caladan via a hub, I also tried the crossover cable in
the d-link NIC of arrakis.

after trying some different combinations I'm now unable
to reproduce any sort of ping at all. for the moment,
I just want to reproduce that ping. I should've kept
a log of what I was doing, I guess!


thanks,

Thufir

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