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| Thread ID: 105260 | 2009-11-25 04:52:00 | Disconnecting LAN.On Windows XP Computer. | Rosscoe (3617) | Press F1 |
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| 833449 | 2009-11-25 06:47:00 | sounds like dhcp on the router is faulty, or the switch on the router Going along Sol's suggestion - do you have another PC / Laptop you can connect to the router, just to check. It may also be a software problem. Try booting from linux live CD, that by passes windows, it should automatically pick up an internet connection if Via a router - if it works from a Live CD then its software some place, if not then yeah - maybe the LAN connection is trouble. |
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| 833450 | 2009-11-25 07:41:00 | Two other computers connecting no problem.Want to give Xp machine away and was just checking it. | Rosscoe (3617) | ||
| 833451 | 2009-11-25 08:07:00 | Does the light on the port on the back of the mobo blink? | hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 833452 | 2009-11-25 08:14:00 | Yep | Rosscoe (3617) | ||
| 833453 | 2009-11-25 09:36:00 | I would try the Linux Live CD as I mentioned before, seen it happen a quite a few times where something deep within windows has turned turtle, booting from a live Linux CD will test the hardware or in this case the ethernet port. IF it works OK from a live CD then there would be no point in getting another card, as this could meet the same fate sooner or later. I had a customers PC that some one else had tried to fix about 2 months ago, same problem, once I reinstalled windows the port worked perfectly. |
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| 833454 | 2009-11-25 09:37:00 | Does the light go out if you disconnect the cable? Perhaps you have a mismatched duplex setting.. eg: forcing 100Mbit when your switch only supports 10Mbit can result in this kind of problem. Try setting it to Auto, or if already on Auto, set it to whatever your switch supports. |
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