Re: NIC issue on 2003 SBS

When I show hidden devices there it only adds some wan miniport devices, the
'Intel® Pro/1000 XT Network Connection is the only network adapter listed
whether the show hidden devices is enabled or not.



"Frank McCallister SBS MVP" wrote:

> Hi Tom
>
> In Ctrl Panel Device Mgr View Ck Show Hidden Devices and remove the unused
> adapter.
>
> --
> Frank McCallister SBS MVP
> COMPUMAC
> "TomECollins" <TomECollins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:236F29EB-B1F3-4B5F-B485-D58FFC2AE8F8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I manage a Windows 2003 SBS server for a company and recently tried to
> > install l scsi card, when the system "crashed" What happened was that
> > after
> > install of the card the system would not boot to the logon prompt it would
> > hang on the configuring network for a long time then hang at the applying
> > computer settings window indefinetly. I waited as long as 45 minutes.
> > When
> > going into safe mode the system would reboot just as it reached the logon
> > prompt before pressing control-alt-del. There were no link or activity
> > lights on the nic. I removed the installed SCSI card and the same
> > behavior
> > continued. After discussing the situation with Dell support they
> > determined
> > the NIC to be bad and dispatched another MB. In the meantime I called MS
> > support and they were able to get me back into windows desktop through
> > directory services restore mode. At this point I was able to go into
> > network
> > connections and configure the nic and it began to work however when
> > clicking
> > OK to exit the tcp/ip properties dialogue I receive the following message
> > for
> > each IP address I have configured for that nic.
> >
> > The IP address 192.168.1.109 you have entered for this network adapter is
> > already assigned to another adapter 'Intel® Pro/1000 XT Connection #2.
> > 'Intel® Pro/1000 XT Network Connection#2 is hidden from the Network
> > Connections folder because it is not physically in the computer. If the
> > same
> > address is assigned to both adapters and they both become active, only one
> > of
> > them will use this address. This may result in incorrect system
> > configuration.
> >
> > Do you want to enter a different IP address for this adapter in the list
> > of
> > IP addresses in the Advanced dialog box?
> >
> >
> > Which I answer no to and then everything works.
> >
> > This message comes up everytime I go into the tcpip properties for that
> > connection, which by the way is local area connection #2, the one the
> > message
> > says is hidden. There is only one NIC in this server and never has there
> > benn more than that. It is an integrated nic on a Dell Poweredge 2600.
> >
> > Sorry so wordy
> > Any ideas as to what is causing this and can it be fixed? Just thought I
> > would through this out there for any hardcore geeks like me working this
> > weekend, as I won't be able to resume my support cal until Tuesday.
> >
> > Thanks
> > TC
> >
> >
>
>
>
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