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July 30th, 2006, 05:36 AM
©opy®ight

NIC's

Soi bought a new computer today and did the same thing as my last two computers and network them thought ethernet cards...but this time it only said cable unplugged, i know they work cause when i plug my dsl modem cable in them they light up but with each other they dont...what could the problem be ?
July 30th, 2006, 05:45 AM
The Texan

ok im just thinking off the top of my head here... its late. Do you have ICS turned on?
Are you sure the ethernet cable(s) arent bad? they may be a setting inside ur modem you have to check. 192.168.1.1 but you knew that :)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/234815/
July 30th, 2006, 07:49 AM
©opy®ight

i dont really want ICS in this scenarion, i just want file sharing....cables are good, tried the on the modem and they work...and since not ICS i can let it automaticly assign an IP right?
July 30th, 2006, 08:28 AM
©opy®ight

well weir weird, the cable apparently works when i use it from the modem to the PC but not from PC to PC. anyways, cable issue, problem fixed, thanks =)
July 30th, 2006, 07:33 PM
foxyloxley

go on
don't be shy

tell us what you fecked up :D

It HAS to be that
cos you would still be posting otherwise :p
July 30th, 2006, 07:44 PM
rcgreen

PC to PC ethernet requires a crossover cable.
:cool:
July 30th, 2006, 09:21 PM
©opy®ight

rcgreen...only when sharin ICS, i used a cat5e patch cable a month ago with my other 2 PC's and it worked fine...:)
July 30th, 2006, 10:12 PM
Nokia

Most newer NICs are auto-sensing and can handle a normal patch lead or a cross-over cable, older NICs need a cross-over cable though.

If you try to use a patch lead in an older NIC for PC --> PC comm's you may get a 'cable is unplugged' error as the pin-out is incorrect!
July 31st, 2006, 11:09 AM
Und3ertak3r

YEh.. but what if the NIC is disabled in the hardware profile?

Ive had some PC's from new.. where the Nic is disabled.. default install... normally the user has a Dialup modem in the machine.. ..

So have you checked in this area?.. strange.. but could be your problem..

Quote:

i know they work cause when i plug my dsl modem cable

is this saying the PC connects to the DSL Modem with out a hitch?
so is it just when connecting PC to PC for file TXfer?

So from your old setup the difference is only the new PC?
Go with the other idaes of the X-over cable.. just because it worked before dosent mean that the new nic is happy with the setup..or the older nic may not be happy with the setup..
July 31st, 2006, 06:49 PM
©opy®ight

well i used a crossover cable and works fine....yeah the PC-DSL setup works fine with all NICs....and all hardware is updated and installed, thats what i thought first too when i got the error....