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    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 ?
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    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/
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    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?
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    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 =)
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    PC to PC ethernet requires a crossover cable.
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    rcgreen...only when sharin ICS, i used a cat5e patch cable a month ago with my other 2 PC's and it worked fine...
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    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!

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    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..

    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..
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    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....
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