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02-19-2003, 05:54 PM
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Lan stopped working!
Hello,
I have 2 pc's (one is a laptop) connected on a LAN, (Both have XP). It woked fine for months until it suddnley stopped, with no special reason. I didn't install new hardwere or softwere. Now heres the wierd stuff: The LED on the Network Adapter on my Desktop Pc is not on anymore when I connect the cable and turn them on. Both computers have those "A network Cable is unplugged" icon in the tray. I bought a new cable, still nothing. Tried reinstalling the network adapter, (physically as well), still nothing. I brought a 3rd laptop (this one had WinME and it worked with my Dekstop PC before I got the new laptop). *NITHER* the desktop pc or the laptop work with the 3rd one. I'm kinda ran out of things to do.....  if anyone has any ideas..... Thank You Last edited by ReBeL; 02-19-2003 at 05:59 PM. |
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02-19-2003, 06:54 PM
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Are you using a hub/switch or router or are we just talking PC to PC direct here??
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02-20-2003, 04:08 AM
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Just Direct ...
No hubs or anything complicated |
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02-20-2003, 06:04 AM
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Make sure you are using a crossover cable - and try a different NIC in the desktop.
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02-20-2003, 06:05 AM
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OK, so when this setup did work, you had to have a cross-over cable installed between the 2, for it to stop working as you describe either your crossover cable went bad, got replaced with a straight thru cable, or one of the NIC's went bad. Then I believe one possibility is that the new cable you have bought may not be a crossover cable so you can not get the second laptop to connect either. Step 1 is to make sure you have a good cat5 crossover cable between the PC's and 2 is the check device manager for the status of the network adapter in each to be sure they are working properly....
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