Re: "Network Cable Unplugged" error (FR114P)

From: Somebody. (somebody._at_spamout.russdoucet.com)
Date: 10/31/05 

Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 07:43:57 -0500

"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.

-Russ.

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