[ale] OT: Windows NIC problem...

[Chris Coleman]

The green LED is used to indicate that the link (physical layer) between the NIC and the HUB/Switch is good. If you are not getting a link, check your cable. Make sure it is a normal straight cable and not a crossover cable. Make sure the cable is not connected to an uplink port on the hub/switch. If so, try moving it to a different port. Try a different cable.

Chris Coleman

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Fowler [mailto:cfowler at outpostsentinel.com]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 2:07 PM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] OT: Windows NIC problem...


2 things come to mind

1) Bad cable
2) IRQ conflict or bad driver

On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 13:59, David S. Jackson wrote:
> I haven't done much Windows in several years now, so I'm pretty rusty.
> But when I try and tell a NIC under WinME its static IP using the TCP/IP
> properties under Network Managagement, the card appears to be using the
> right address under Windows (and a reboot), but it still can't seem to
> talk properly on the hub/switch.  There's no green light on that
> connection for the hub.  The Windows machine isn't pingable.  But when I
> do a Windows netstat -r, the routing table looks right (for windows) I
> think.  But no talkie.  Shouldn't Windows ME just give it the right info
> when I've set it up on the same private network as the hub?  Is there
> anything else to do besides change the TCP/IP properties under network
> management and reboot?  (I've turned off WINS and setup the gateway and
> dns servers correctly, I think.)
> 
> Seems like that's all I've ever had to do in the past. (The machine in
> question is not available to me right now, or I would tell you the exact
> output from netstat -r under WinME and whatever other helpful info I
> could think of.
> 
> I know this is a difficult-to-answer generic question, but aside from me
> having a bad NIC, I wonder what else I can test?  (The hub works fine;
> I've moved the connection around to different "good" ports on the hub
> with the same result.)
> 
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