Re: "Network Cable Unplugged" error (FR114P)

"Leythos" <void@nowhere.lan> wrote in message
news:tSo9f.161706$lI5.91343@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com...
> In article <nko9f.1399$43.631@nnrp.ca.mci.com!nnrp1.uunet.ca>, somebody.
> @spamout.russdoucet.com says...
>>
>> "Leythos" <void@nowhere.lan> wrote in message
>> news:xPc9f.102031$tD4.23158@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com...
>> > In article <ml99f.1343$43.753@nnrp.ca.mci.com!nnrp1.uunet.ca>,
>> > somebody.
>> > @spamout.russdoucet.com says...
>> >>
>> >> "George" <george@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:8O89f.38467$S_1.13520@newsfe5-win.ntli.net...
>> >> >I have set the NIC to 10mbps/hdx and connected it to the router, and
>> >> >this
>> >> > doesn't work.
>> >> >
>> >> > To check whether the NIC is ok, I connected the laptop directly to
>> >> > my
>> >> > Desktop and transferred some data. I can see it works well at
>> >> > 100Mbps.
>> >> > Does this test sufficiently prove my NIC on the laptop is working?
>> >>
>> >> Yes, your NIC is working perfectly.
>> >>
>> >> So you've eliminated the router, the cable, the nic, the driver.
>> >
>> > No, the NIC works with the office and another device and the MODEM.
>> >
>> > The NIC does not work with the router, but the router works with
>> > everything else.
>> >
>> > The fault is between the NIC and the Router - so, either the NIC or the
>> > Router could be replaced with a different brand and the problem would
>> > be
>> > 99.9% likely to not return.
>> >
>> >> There's nothing left.
>> >
>> > Replacing the router is the cheaper solution (as Laptop NIC's are
>> > expensive).
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Leythos, just so you know, my answer was sarcastic since he keeps telling
>> us
>> that nothing is broken.
>
> Thanks, I missed that as it's been a long weekend.
>
>

No problem man. We can go back to helping people out now. :-)

-Russ.
Received on Mon Nov 21 02:36:31 2005