> Hi there, I'm locked in mortal combat with my son's computer..Win XP
> sp2. At home, his computer was connected directly to mine via
> (crossover?) cable. Worked fine, he connected to the internet through
> my machine. Delivered him to university, He's provided with a fast
> connection into the university system. When he tried to pug into the
> system, his comp. kept saying "a cable is unplugged", which it
> wasn't. He borrowed another comp. and tested his physical connection
> (cable+scket) they were fine, the other comp. went straight onto the
> network. We then thought maybe the lan connection was searching for
> our home network (despite setting up everything according to
> university instructions). After a lot of research, i uninstalled the
> lan (from the device manager) and tried a fresh connection...no joy.
> same message..The Lan is onboard so couldn't be physically
> uninstalled...the light came on intermittently when the cable was
> plugged in.. and so I figured maybe he'd damaged the connection when
> taking cables in and out....Really cheesed off by now..went and got
> an ethernet card...BUT when I installed the card +driver, the
> computer resurrected the uninstalled onboard Lan too...and now we're
> getting "limited or no Connectivity". and or "A network cable is
> unplugged"  .SO I went into the BIos and disbled the onboard Lan,
> configured the card and  TERRific..all seemed well, we got onto the
> network...BUT next day,(after i'd gone home) he turned on computer
> and NO NETWORK CONNECTIONS present...Has the bios disabled the card
> too? What on earth can I try next? --
> All help gratefully received

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

> In news:739E606A-F42F-492E-BEA1-7501ABCAC9F9@microsoft.com,
> fedup <fe***@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> > Hi there, I'm locked in mortal combat with my son's computer..Win XP
> > sp2. At home, his computer was connected directly to mine via
> > (crossover?) cable. Worked fine, he connected to the internet through
> > my machine. Delivered him to university, He's provided with a fast
> > connection into the university system. When he tried to pug into the
> > system, his comp. kept saying "a cable is unplugged", which it
> > wasn't. He borrowed another comp. and tested his physical connection
> > (cable+scket) they were fine, the other comp. went straight onto the
> > network. We then thought maybe the lan connection was searching for
> > our home network (despite setting up everything according to
> > university instructions). After a lot of research, i uninstalled the
> > lan (from the device manager) and tried a fresh connection...no joy.
> > same message..The Lan is onboard so couldn't be physically
> > uninstalled...the light came on intermittently when the cable was
> > plugged in.. and so I figured maybe he'd damaged the connection when
> > taking cables in and out....Really cheesed off by now..went and got
> > an ethernet card...BUT when I installed the card +driver, the
> > computer resurrected the uninstalled onboard Lan too...and now we're
> > getting "limited or no Connectivity". and or "A network cable is
> > unplugged"  .SO I went into the BIos and disbled the onboard Lan,
> > configured the card and  TERRific..all seemed well, we got onto the
> > network...BUT next day,(after i'd gone home) he turned on computer
> > and NO NETWORK CONNECTIONS present...Has the bios disabled the card
> > too? What on earth can I try next? --
> > All help gratefully received
>
> The BIOS is not the likely culprit here. Is the new card showing up in
> device manager? Is the onboard NIC? If you don't want to use that, it can be
> disabled *there* - no need to go into the BIOS for it if you don't want.
>
> In the network card properties in Network Connections, is it set to
> autosense, or is it locked to a specific speed or duplex setting? He may
> need to play with the settings to get it to work on this other network by
> trying various settings therein.
>
>
>

> All help gratefully received
>
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
>> In news:739E606A-F42F-492E-BEA1-7501ABCAC9F9@microsoft.com,
>> fedup <fe***@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>>> Hi there, I'm locked in mortal combat with my son's computer..Win XP
>>> sp2. At home, his computer was connected directly to mine via
>>> (crossover?) cable. Worked fine, he connected to the internet
>>> through my machine. Delivered him to university, He's provided with
>>> a fast connection into the university system. When he tried to pug
>>> into the system, his comp. kept saying "a cable is unplugged",
>>> which it wasn't. He borrowed another comp. and tested his physical
>>> connection (cable+scket) they were fine, the other comp. went
>>> straight onto the network. We then thought maybe the lan connection
>>> was searching for our home network (despite setting up everything
>>> according to university instructions). After a lot of research, i
>>> uninstalled the lan (from the device manager) and tried a fresh
>>> connection...no joy. same message..The Lan is onboard so couldn't
>>> be physically uninstalled...the light came on intermittently when
>>> the cable was plugged in.. and so I figured maybe he'd damaged the
>>> connection when taking cables in and out....Really cheesed off by
>>> now..went and got an ethernet card...BUT when I installed the card
>>> +driver, the computer resurrected the uninstalled onboard Lan
>>> too...and now we're getting "limited or no Connectivity". and or "A
>>> network cable is unplugged"  .SO I went into the BIos and disbled
>>> the onboard Lan, configured the card and  TERRific..all seemed
>>> well, we got onto the network...BUT next day,(after i'd gone home)
>>> he turned on computer and NO NETWORK CONNECTIONS present...Has the
>>> bios disabled the card too? What on earth can I try next? --
>>> All help gratefully received
>>
>> The BIOS is not the likely culprit here. Is the new card showing up
>> in device manager? Is the onboard NIC? If you don't want to use
>> that, it can be disabled *there* - no need to go into the BIOS for
>> it if you don't want.
>>
>> In the network card properties in Network Connections, is it set to
>> autosense, or is it locked to a specific speed or duplex setting? He
>> may need to play with the settings to get it to work on this other
>> network by trying various settings therein.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

> In news:89993316-AA88-415A-8905-D53A8C498B90@microsoft.com,
> fedup <fe***@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> > Hi there, thanks for your response...I went into the bios to disable
> > the onboard Lan because when I installed the software for the new
> > ethernet card, the nic ( reappearred! I have now got the ethernet
> > card back in device manager (took all PCI cards out and just put the
> > ethernet card back), it is connecting to his academic network...I
> > would still prefer to use the onboard Lan especially as it now seems
> > likely that the problem arises when his sound card is plugged in at
> > the same time. can autosense be used on an onboard lan? IF THE
> > NETWORK CARD AND ONBOARD LAN ARE BOTH INSTALLED, SHOULD I HAVE 2
> > LOCAL AREA CONNECTION ICONS?
>
> Yes.
>
> >  i ONLY EVER HAD ONE, WHICH MAKES IT HARD
> > TO KNOW WHICH ONE YOU'RE CONFIGURING?--
>
> You can see the name of the card - change the view in Network Connections to
> "details" instead of "icons" to make this easier.
>
> You can right-click on the card in here or in Device Manager and choose
> Disable.
>
>
> > All help gratefully received
> >
> >
> > "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
> >
> >> In news:739E606A-F42F-492E-BEA1-7501ABCAC9F9@microsoft.com,
> >> fedup <fe***@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> >>> Hi there, I'm locked in mortal combat with my son's computer..Win XP
> >>> sp2. At home, his computer was connected directly to mine via
> >>> (crossover?) cable. Worked fine, he connected to the internet
> >>> through my machine. Delivered him to university, He's provided with
> >>> a fast connection into the university system. When he tried to pug
> >>> into the system, his comp. kept saying "a cable is unplugged",
> >>> which it wasn't. He borrowed another comp. and tested his physical
> >>> connection (cable+scket) they were fine, the other comp. went
> >>> straight onto the network. We then thought maybe the lan connection
> >>> was searching for our home network (despite setting up everything
> >>> according to university instructions). After a lot of research, i
> >>> uninstalled the lan (from the device manager) and tried a fresh
> >>> connection...no joy. same message..The Lan is onboard so couldn't
> >>> be physically uninstalled...the light came on intermittently when
> >>> the cable was plugged in.. and so I figured maybe he'd damaged the
> >>> connection when taking cables in and out....Really cheesed off by
> >>> now..went and got an ethernet card...BUT when I installed the card
> >>> +driver, the computer resurrected the uninstalled onboard Lan
> >>> too...and now we're getting "limited or no Connectivity". and or "A
> >>> network cable is unplugged"  .SO I went into the BIos and disbled
> >>> the onboard Lan, configured the card and  TERRific..all seemed
> >>> well, we got onto the network...BUT next day,(after i'd gone home)
> >>> he turned on computer and NO NETWORK CONNECTIONS present...Has the
> >>> bios disabled the card too? What on earth can I try next? --
> >>> All help gratefully received
> >>
> >> The BIOS is not the likely culprit here. Is the new card showing up
> >> in device manager? Is the onboard NIC? If you don't want to use
> >> that, it can be disabled *there* - no need to go into the BIOS for
> >> it if you don't want.
> >>
> >> In the network card properties in Network Connections, is it set to
> >> autosense, or is it locked to a specific speed or duplex setting? He
> >> may need to play with the settings to get it to work on this other
> >> network by trying various settings therein.
>
>
>
>