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| Thread ID: 74126 | 2006-11-12 15:50:00 | "A network cable is unplugged" | notechyet (4479) | Press F1 |
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| 498380 | 2006-11-12 15:50:00 | Hello members I have a problem with the network adapter as the ballon pops up on a regular basis with the message "a network kable is unplugged". I then went and bought a Ethernet PCI card with the hope that I could bypass this problem but I don't seem to be able to do that as I can't establish a connection through the PCI card. It would be very nice if someone could give me a hint where things are going wrong? Thanks G |
notechyet (4479) | ||
| 498381 | 2006-11-12 16:20:00 | The message does not mean a cable is unplugged. It usually means it can't find a connection to the server. Try start/settings/network connections. Do you have two icons? 1394 connection and local area connection. If 1394 is not there. Are you sure your motherboard supports 1394? If it does is it turned on in bios? |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 498382 | 2006-11-12 17:42:00 | Thanks Jack I do have the local area connection, and sometimes I see the router/modem there and other times not.The problem was not at the start when I did install the Linksys WAG54GP2? And inerestingly it does this more if I have not used the connection for a while or after start up for a length of time. This is the motherboard: Motherboard Name Albatron PX865P (Pro) / PX865PE (Pro) / PX865PEL-800 / PX865PE Lite (Pro) Do you know if it has the setting you mentioned? G |
notechyet (4479) | ||
| 498383 | 2006-11-12 19:16:00 | The message does not mean a cable is unplugged. It usually means it can't find a connection to the server.This is wrong - what it actually means is that the NIC in question can't establish a proper ethernet connection (usually to either to a switch, or to another PC via a crossover cable). This normally means the cable is either loose or unplugged - so the message does actually mean what it says. Of course not being able to connect to a server is definitely a side-effect of having no network connection... The balloon that means "can't talk to the DHCP server" is the "limited or no connectivity" one, not the "cable unplugged" one. Gion: Are you sure your cable isn't just loose or faulty? Have you tried using another cable? |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 498384 | 2006-11-12 19:32:00 | Are you sure your cable isn't just loose or faulty? Have you tried using another cable?I had those symptoms once and yeah all it turned out was that the cable kept coming loose - a replacement fixed it. Test it by holding the cable connection in firmly next time it diesconnects. | Greg (193) | ||
| 498385 | 2006-11-12 23:05:00 | Thanks guys I have tried a couple of other cables and had no change and I have just tried to place some plastic under the plug(by the comp outlet) so it does not hang(out of level) and see if that may change anything. Other than that I don't know what I could do. Regards G |
notechyet (4479) | ||
| 498386 | 2006-11-12 23:25:00 | Try uninstalling and reinstalling the ethernet connection software. Trevor :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 498387 | 2006-11-12 23:32:00 | Thanks guys I have tried a couple of other cables and had no change and I have just tried to place some plastic under the plug(by the comp outlet) so it does not hang(out of level) and see if that may change anything. Other than that I don't know what I could do. Regards G ??, well, interesting....the cable shouldnt hang period if correctly plugged in, so dont know what you are up to there. A NIC connection, is probably 1 of the easliest to setup if connection to a router (DHCP server). Now if the NIC on the mobo is okay, the cable has been replaced, then it will have to be an issue with the router. It could have stopped the DHCP service which your NIC uses to talk to it. Try turning the router off, wait a couple of minutes, then turn back on, then reboot your PC. With luck, the DHCP service will restart, & the PC NIC will get a new address. If this doesnt work, go to the device manager under system icon in control panel, find the Network Interface card, remove(uninstall), then reboot for the PC to reinstall the NIC. |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 498388 | 2006-11-12 23:33:00 | Has something other than a network cable been forced into the socket? Bent pins can cause these type of problems. Failing that, it's possible that your NIC is physically stuffed. | Erayd (23) | ||
| 498389 | 2006-11-12 23:39:00 | Have you tried inputting manual addresses ?? | snoopy (74) | ||
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