Re: network failure..

In article <wZEye.4282$is5.408311@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Ogg"
<sorry-nopam-wanted@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>"Steve Winograd [MVP]" <winograd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote...
>
>> I suspect that the Ethernet cable, connector, or crossover cable has
>> become defective. Can you move the computers close enough together to
>> connect them using only the crossover cable?
>
>I'll have to move the WinME pc then. :( Trying that with just the
>crossover seems like a logical 1st try. But if that fails, the problem
>could still be the crossover or either NIC. :( ..and won't bring me
>closer to solving the mystery.
>
>Is there no diagnostic that one can run to test installed NICs? The XP pc
>has an integrated LAN (Realtek RTL 8139).
>
>I remember using a command line command that "refreshed the routing table".
>I can't remember what that is now. I thought it was either a NETSTAT or a
>NET command parameter.

Scanning the system with the "netsh diag gui" command on XP might tell
you something about the network adapter.

There's a Realtek Windows diagnostic program (which I haven't tried)
available here:

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloads1-3.aspx?series=16&Software=True

I don't think that you'll find out anything useful from NETSTAT or
other TCP/IP commands, because your network connections don't have IP
addresses. ME and XP disable network protocols on network connections
that they think aren't physically connected to anything.
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