Re: "Network Cable Unplugged" error (FR114P)

From: Somebody. (somebody._at_spamout.russdoucet.com)
Date: 10/30/05 

Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 09:47:42 -0500

"George" <george@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:mt09f.37561$S_1.23026@newsfe5-win.ntli.net...
>I unplugged the cable from my Desktop and plug it into the laptop. I didn't
> tounch the router end at all. The NIC on the laptop was set to AUTO sense
> speed. This is the test I did,and it doesn't make things better. Do you
> think my NIC's auto sense function was broken? If so, is it possible to
> explain why the NIC works with the modem?
>

I already did. Your modem is 10Mbps, your router is 100Mbps. Different
auto-negotiate settings.

-Russ.

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