Re: "Network Cable Unplugged" error (FR114P)

From: George (george_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/30/05 

Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 19:03:32 GMT

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?

"Leythos" <void@nowhere.lan> wrote in message
news:6t39f.100804$tD4.9974@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com...
> In article <mt09f.37561$S_1.23026@newsfe5-win.ntli.net>,
> george@hotmail.com says...
> > 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?
>
> Yes, it works at 10mbps because 10mbps doesn't have near the problems
> with noise on the line that 100mbps does. Many bad cables and devices
> can work at 10mbps and then not at 100mbps.
>
> So, you have a defective NIC.
>
> If you want to try another test, set the NIC to 10mbps/hdx and connect
> it to the router - not 100, but 10mbps and see if it works well.
>
> Either way, you're NIC is bad.
>
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