I have Windows 2000 Professional....

I recently purchased a new barebones machine which
includes a motherboard, processor and power supply. I
installed a new hard drive and installed 2000
professional. I did not have the drivers for the on board
nic so I temporarily installed a PCI nic card to get it on
the internet and download the appropriate drivers for the
on board nic. After I downloaded the drivers I turned off
the machine, physically removed the PCI nic card, and
turned the machine on and installed the drivers for the on
board nic. Even though the on board NIC is recognized and
shows connected, it does not work to get an IP address.
It shows up in My Network Places as Local Area Connection
2. I am thinking it has something to do with the fact
that I installed that PCI nic card first to connect to the
internet.

What do I need to do to get the machine to show the on
board nic as the primary Local Area Connection?

i don't think that this is related to the fact that you installed
another NIC adapter first. there are many possibilities why it doesn't
work. are you sure that you previously got an ip adress for the other
NIC? if yes, there probably will be a DHCP server in your network. that
could be that the pool of ip has run out and the last ip was given to
the NIC you previously built-in. So it's still reserved for it now.
please send more data about the network and everything related, so i
can tell you what that could be.


bimbom
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