Re: LAN won't cooperate
- From: "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" <lanwench@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:02:32 -0400
In news:89993316-AA88-415A-8905-D53A8C498B90@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
fedup <fedup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
Hi there, thanks for your response...I went into the bios to disable
the onboard Lan because when I installed the software for the new
ethernet card, the nic ( reappearred! I have now got the ethernet
card back in device manager (took all PCI cards out and just put the
ethernet card back), it is connecting to his academic network...I
would still prefer to use the onboard Lan especially as it now seems
likely that the problem arises when his sound card is plugged in at
the same time. can autosense be used on an onboard lan? IF THE
NETWORK CARD AND ONBOARD LAN ARE BOTH INSTALLED, SHOULD I HAVE 2
LOCAL AREA CONNECTION ICONS?
Yes.
i ONLY EVER HAD ONE, WHICH MAKES IT HARD
TO KNOW WHICH ONE YOU'RE CONFIGURING?--
You can see the name of the card - change the view in Network Connections to
"details" instead of "icons" to make this easier.
You can right-click on the card in here or in Device Manager and choose
Disable.
All help gratefully received
"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
In news:739E606A-F42F-492E-BEA1-7501ABCAC9F9@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
fedup <fedup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
Hi there, I'm locked in mortal combat with my son's computer..Win XP
sp2. At home, his computer was connected directly to mine via
(crossover?) cable. Worked fine, he connected to the internet
through my machine. Delivered him to university, He's provided with
a fast connection into the university system. When he tried to pug
into the system, his comp. kept saying "a cable is unplugged",
which it wasn't. He borrowed another comp. and tested his physical
connection (cable+scket) they were fine, the other comp. went
straight onto the network. We then thought maybe the lan connection
was searching for our home network (despite setting up everything
according to university instructions). After a lot of research, i
uninstalled the lan (from the device manager) and tried a fresh
connection...no joy. same message..The Lan is onboard so couldn't
be physically uninstalled...the light came on intermittently when
the cable was plugged in.. and so I figured maybe he'd damaged the
connection when taking cables in and out....Really cheesed off by
now..went and got an ethernet card...BUT when I installed the card
+driver, the computer resurrected the uninstalled onboard Lan
too...and now we're getting "limited or no Connectivity". and or "A
network cable is unplugged" .SO I went into the BIos and disbled
the onboard Lan, configured the card and TERRific..all seemed
well, we got onto the network...BUT next day,(after i'd gone home)
he turned on computer and NO NETWORK CONNECTIONS present...Has the
bios disabled the card too? What on earth can I try next? --
All help gratefully received
The BIOS is not the likely culprit here. Is the new card showing up
in device manager? Is the onboard NIC? If you don't want to use
that, it can be disabled *there* - no need to go into the BIOS for
it if you don't want.
In the network card properties in Network Connections, is it set to
autosense, or is it locked to a specific speed or duplex setting? He
may need to play with the settings to get it to work on this other
network by trying various settings therein.
.
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