- Network stopped working
- Posted by belmont5 on September 24th, 2003
Hi, i set up a 2 pc network, one pc running ME & the other XP Home, it had
been working fine until today now XP constantly flashes a message that says
"Local Area Connection, A network cable is unplugged"
Naturally I have checked the cables at both pc's & they are intact.
Has the cable or one of the network cards gone down?
How do I completely uninstall the network so that I can try again from
scratch, or is there something else I can try?
Thanks for looking, all suggestions welcome.
Best
Andy.
- Posted by Use.Netuser.de on September 24th, 2003
Use the ping command in DOS to determine if you actually have a connection
i.e.
ping 192.168.0.1 (or whatever IP's you have)
"belmont5" <belmont5@tiscali.nomorespam.co.uk> wrote in message
news:804d6f706979e484d5b7f8e032d6a251@news.teranew s.com...
: Hi, i set up a 2 pc network, one pc running ME & the other XP Home, it had
: been working fine until today now XP constantly flashes a message that says
: "Local Area Connection, A network cable is unplugged"
:
: Naturally I have checked the cables at both pc's & they are intact.
:
: Has the cable or one of the network cards gone down?
:
: How do I completely uninstall the network so that I can try again from
: scratch, or is there something else I can try?
:
: Thanks for looking, all suggestions welcome.
:
: Best
:
: Andy.
:
:
- Posted by Ron Martell on September 24th, 2003
"belmont5" <belmont5@tiscali.nomorespam.co.uk> wrote:
If XP is giving the "unplugged" message then that means that something
is blocking the connection to the other computer. Most likely
candidates include the cable itself and either (or both) network
cards.
Good luck
Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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- Posted by BuffNET Tech Support - MichaelJ on September 25th, 2003
belmont5 wrote:
Assuming the setup is:
[WinME]----==ETHERNET==----[WinXP]
I would assume the cable is dead or (one of) the NIC's
Run the NIC Diagnostics from Control Panel to see what happens.
If your setup is:
[WinME]---ETHER---[HUB/ROUTER/SWITCH]---ETHER---[WinXP]
You might want to check the H/R/S for it's operation.
Good luck, and post your config diagram too.
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