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498400 2006-11-13 10:44:00 Can you be more specific in that its working? That it takes time to settle down? Can you expand on.

Which computer has what network interface card? Which computer has been replaced with the card?
Nomad (952)
498401 2006-11-13 15:57:00 Hi Nomad, thanks
I just started my computer up and it took a couple of restarts till I got the connection to the net.
I tried to ping and then got the router but could not get it through the interface nor get to connect to the net. Strange enough that after a couple of restarts it works again.
Also this is the computer that I put a PCI Fast Ethernet card in as I was so frustrated with the connection but so far I have not been able to connect through the new card at all.
This is the computer that is connected through cable to the router and there is a second machine that is connected to the router via wireless and that one works except that it is often on low.
EVEREST REPORT EXTRACT from the main machine:
Network:
Network Adapter 3Com 3C910 Integrated Fast Ethernet Controller (3CSOHO100B-TX Compatible) (192.168.x.xx)
Modem Agere Win Modem

[ 3Com 3C910 Integrated Fast Ethernet Controller ]

Device Properties:
Device Description 3Com 3C910 Integrated Fast Ethernet Controller
Bus Type PCI
Bus / Device / Function 2 / 0 / 0
Device ID 10B7-9300
Subsystem ID 17F2-2C02
Device Class 0200 (Ethernet Controller)
Revision 31
Fast Back-to-Back Transactions Supported, Disabled

Device Features:
66 MHz Operation Not Supported
Bus Mastering Enabled


Any other suggestions??

Regards

G
notechyet (4479)
498402 2006-11-13 21:24:00 For the computer connected via network card, if you have changed the network card and its still flakey consider swapping a router.

Point 2 you can try, can you connect the router onto the "other" computer? How is it? What happens if you swap this new network card onto the old computer and try it with the router?

Point 3, if you take out the router and use a cross over cable and network it sharing a drive or folder does it work? Can each computer access each other?
Nomad (952)
498403 2006-11-14 01:07:00 Networking in Windows is flakey, always has been,

Maybe for those who don't even know what a computer is but otherwise what a load of utter bollocks.

Networking is one of the easiest things on Windows to set up. It is plug and play most of the time and the few times it isn't is because the hardware you are connecting to is not set up properly.
Big John (551)
498404 2006-11-14 02:46:00 Maybe for those who don't even know what a computer is but otherwise what a load of utter bollocks.

Networking is one of the easiest things on Windows to set up. It is plug and play most of the time and the few times it isn't is because the hardware you are connecting to is not set up properly.


LOL...they obviously haven't tried setting up a novell boot disk with mapped drives...not flakey, but not easy either!
SolMiester (139)
498405 2006-11-14 03:59:00 Maybe for those who don't even know what a computer is but otherwise what a load of utter bollocks.

Networking is one of the easiest things on Windows to set up. It is plug and play most of the time and the few times it isn't is because the hardware you are connecting to is not set up properly.

Hi John
It sounds like you are the smartest person in NZ??
By the way, not much I could learn from your post!

G
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