Re: Network Connections

From: Jerome (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/03/04 

Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 13:13:54 -0700

Lee
Thanks for the info. Both NIC's are integrated into the
motherboard, Which one are indicating to disable and are
you indicating that the disabling is done in the bios?
Also, could having the two NIC's enabled cause TCP/IP
sleep mode interuption? Thanks.

>-----Original Message-----
>Jerome,
>Leave the 1394 connection alone. you have two nic cards
in the pc; one is
>the 3Com card and the 2nd is Navidia which is enable and
firewalled. check
>to see which one of the two is integraded in the
motherboard and removed the
>other one go to the bios and disable the one in the
motherboard. all you
>need is one unless you have a special need to have the
two, i don't think
>that's the case here
>
>--
>Lee S
>"Larry Samuels" <larry@mvps.org> wrote in message
>news:uBlalBTYEHA.2812@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> XP sees any 1394 (firewire) connection as a possible
network connection
>> and enables it.
>>
>> --
>> Larry Samuels MS-MVP (Windows-Shell/User)
>> Associate Expert
>> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
>> http://pelos.us/SERVER.htm
>> "Jerome" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message
>> news:25d0501c4612f$26134210$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>>> Hello
>>> When I open my Network Connections I see the
following:
>>> LAN OR HIGH SPEED INTERNET
>>> 1) Local Area Connection 2, 3Com (unplugged)
>>> 2) 1394 Connection, Net Adapter, Enabled
>>> 3) Local Area Connection, Enabled, Firewalled, Navidia
>>> Networking Adapter.
>>> My question is: why are there two NIC's enabled? I
have
>>> used the "network setup wizard" and obtaine the same
>>> results. Thanks.
>>
>>
>
>
>.
>

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Trying to install freebsd -> problems
    ... As a wild guess, though, try disabling ACPI... ... bios option on your motherboard for how it reports drive geometry? ... I ended up on DOS and having it work... ...
    (comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc)
  • Re: OT: Why this audio noise?
    ... that enabling or disabling the equivalent made ... It picks up signal noise from ... the rest of the motherboard. ...
    (uk.comp.homebuilt)
  • Re: ATA + DMA still giving repeatable freezes
    ... I'd seen suggestions for disabling both. ... kernel was failing during load, ... but I'm using the most recent BIOS. ... all of my BIOS settings (which are few on my motherboard) but there's ...
    (freebsd-current)
  • Re: kmode exception not handled during reinstallation of win2k
    ... About a year ago, I changed my motherboard. ... win2k partition resulted in an "Unaccessable Boot Device" error, ... include an option for disabling UDMA, only changing to SWDMA and MWDMA ... Optical Drives both on the S-IDE Channel ...
    (microsoft.public.win2000.setup)
  • Re: CPU previously Shut Down due to Thermal Event ( Overheat
    ... The capacitors next to your CPU probably have a light brown substance ... on top of them indicating its time for a new motherboard. ...
    (comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips)