- Network card diagnostic utility?
- Posted by Yousuf Khan on July 18th, 2004
Is there any kind of utility out there that can run diagnostic tests on your
network card? Or better yet, is there an error log that can be turned on
within Windows 2000 that will allow you to view hardware error messages
coming from a network card? I'm suspecting that my motherboard ethernet is
going bad, but it could just as easily be a driver issue.
Yousuf Khan
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- Posted by wesley on July 18th, 2004
On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 00:53:31 +0000, Yousuf Khan wrote:
You might check with the manufacturer of NIC. I know 3Com used to have
software utilties available for some of their models.
Network cards do go bad from time to time. Since they are only $10 to $20
for a decent quality model these days, why put a lot of effort into
testing? Just replace the thing and be done with it.
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- Posted by daytripper on July 18th, 2004
On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 08:18:28 -0500, wesley <w_olandat@yahoodot.com> wrote:
Someone obviously missed the "motherboard ethernet" statement...
- Posted by Yousuf Khan on July 18th, 2004
wesley wrote:
Yeah, but I'm not sure that there is anything wrong with the card at all, it
could be an OS problem or an application problem. The symptoms are that I
lose Internet connectivity randomly, even though the IP address still
exists. The solution has been to release and renew the IP address so far.
But it may happen while I'm not even around and who's going to fix it during
that time? So I'd like to see if there are any internal Windows logs that
might provide me with a clue to what to look for.
Yousuf Khan
- Posted by wesley on July 19th, 2004
On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 15:06:43 +0000, daytripper wrote:
Unless you're out of PCI or ISA slots you can always add a card. That at
least gives the original poster an option as opposed to your
ever-so-helpful contribution.
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- Posted by daytripper on July 20th, 2004
On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 17:42:42 -0500, wesley <w_olandat@yahoodot.com> wrote:
lol
that's twice you've missed the point...
/daytripper (who bets this nitwit goes for that third strike ;-)
- Posted by Yousuf Khan on July 20th, 2004
wesley wrote:
Anyways, it's looking like it was an interaction with ZoneAlarm that was
causing my strange little problem. I've replaced with Sygate, let's see if
that helps things.
Yousuf Khan
- Posted by wesley on July 20th, 2004
On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:02:49 +0000, daytripper wrote:
And your solution was exactly what? Replace the whole motherboard had the
network chip been gimpy? The only "bet" you won here was the 2004
pusillanimity award for snide irrelevancy.
However, glad to see the original poster found the problem on his own.
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- Posted by daytripper on July 20th, 2004
On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 22:07:03 -0500, wesley <w_olandat@yahoodot.com> wrote:
[.../]
*snicker*
