>>> I've got a Windows XP MCE 2005 system with SP2 installed. I'm having
>>> problems getting an Intel 100+ Pro PCI network card working. I also have
>>> a gigabit ethernet port built into the mainboard and it's working fine.
>>
>> ...and in true PC fashion, the issue is resolved minutes after asking
>> what could be wrong.
>>
>> This time I disabled the Windows firewall and rebooted. The NIC was
>> instantly pingable and passing traffic normally. Firewall is now enabled
>> again and all works well.
>
> ...and it stopped again.
>
> All was fine until I tried to access my FileZilla FTP server through the
> Gigabit NIC. As soon as I tried that the 100mb NIC stopped responding to
> pings. 20 seconds earlier I was connected to the FTP server through the
> 100mb NIC without any trouble.

>>>> I've got a Windows XP MCE 2005 system with SP2 installed. I'm having
>>>> problems getting an Intel 100+ Pro PCI network card working. I also
>>>> have a gigabit ethernet port built into the mainboard and it's working
>>>> fine.
>>>
>>> ...and in true PC fashion, the issue is resolved minutes after asking
>>> what could be wrong.
>>>
>>> This time I disabled the Windows firewall and rebooted. The NIC was
>>> instantly pingable and passing traffic normally. Firewall is now enabled
>>> again and all works well.
>>
>> ...and it stopped again.
>>
>> All was fine until I tried to access my FileZilla FTP server through the
>> Gigabit NIC. As soon as I tried that the 100mb NIC stopped responding to
>> pings. 20 seconds earlier I was connected to the FTP server through the
>> 100mb NIC without any trouble.
>
> And no matter what I do I can't get it working again. Shut off firewall,
> deleted NIC from device mangler and reboot. No joy.
>
> I'm starting to suspect faulty hardware somewhere in this equation.
> Blech!

>
> "Noozer" <dont.spam@me.here> wrote in message
> news:fv8Rg.13954$1T2.5028@pd7urf2no...
>>>>> I've got a Windows XP MCE 2005 system with SP2 installed. I'm having
>>>>> problems getting an Intel 100+ Pro PCI network card working. I also
>>>>> have a gigabit ethernet port built into the mainboard and it's working
>>>>> fine.
>>>>
>>>> ...and in true PC fashion, the issue is resolved minutes after asking
>>>> what could be wrong.
>>>>
>>>> This time I disabled the Windows firewall and rebooted. The NIC was
>>>> instantly pingable and passing traffic normally. Firewall is now
>>>> enabled again and all works well.
>>>
>>> ...and it stopped again.
>>>
>>> All was fine until I tried to access my FileZilla FTP server through the
>>> Gigabit NIC. As soon as I tried that the 100mb NIC stopped responding to
>>> pings. 20 seconds earlier I was connected to the FTP server through the
>>> 100mb NIC without any trouble.
>>
>> And no matter what I do I can't get it working again. Shut off firewall,
>> deleted NIC from device mangler and reboot. No joy.
>>
>> I'm starting to suspect faulty hardware somewhere in this equation.
>> Blech!
>
> Watching the status window for this NIC, I can see the recieved packets
> increment about once per second while I ping the NICs IP address. Sent
> packets does not change at all.
>
> Pinging the Gig port, recieved packets jumps by 3 and sent packets jumps
> by 5 per second.
>

> I've got a Windows XP MCE 2005 system with SP2 installed. I'm having
> problems getting an Intel 100+ Pro PCI network card working. I also have a
> gigabit ethernet port built into the mainboard and it's working fine.
>
>
> Gigabit connects to a router, which connects to the internet via a cable
> modem. Firewall is not enabled on this port and I can get to services on
> this NIC. This NIC is on my private LAN at 10.0.11.16.
>
> The 100mb card is connected directly to another cable modem. NIC has no
> problem pulling an IP from the modem. I can release/renew IP's without an
> issue. This leads me to believe that the card is working... BUT, I am not
> able to ping the IP of the network card. Originally, this card did have
> the Windows firewall enabled, but I checkmarked the boxes that should
> allow ICMP. I got no response to pings and cannot connect to services on
> this NIC. I've disabled the firewall with no change. I've also deleted the
> NIC from the Device Mangler and rebooted. NIC reinstalled fine and pulled
> an IP but there is still no response from pings.
>
> Both interfaces are set to automatic metrics.
>
> Ideas?
>

>> I've got a Windows XP MCE 2005 system with SP2 installed. I'm having
>> problems getting an Intel 100+ Pro PCI network card working. I also have a
>> gigabit ethernet port built into the mainboard and it's working fine.
>>
>> Gigabit connects to a router, which connects to the internet via a cable
>> modem. Firewall is not enabled on this port and I can get to services on
>> this NIC. This NIC is on my private LAN at 10.0.11.16.
>>
>> The 100mb card is connected directly to another cable modem. NIC has no
>> problem pulling an IP from the modem. I can release/renew IP's without an
>> issue. This leads me to believe that the card is working... BUT, I am not
>> able to ping the IP of the network card. Originally, this card did have
>> the Windows firewall enabled, but I checkmarked the boxes that should
>> allow ICMP. I got no response to pings and cannot connect to services on
>> this NIC. I've disabled the firewall with no change. I've also deleted the
>> NIC from the Device Mangler and rebooted. NIC reinstalled fine and pulled
>> an IP but there is still no response from pings.
>>
>> Both interfaces are set to automatic metrics.
>>
>> Ideas?
>
>Noozer - just a comment - you do not ping the NIC - the NIC has a MAC
>address - the computer is assigned an IP address which you ping.