Gigabit Ethernet Help

[justme]

Hmm I checked it out and I got a lot of warnings with
PlugPlayManager and errors with DHCP. So that could explain alot right
there but I'm still no closer to a conclusion! Window$ XP Pro SP1 BTW.

This is starting to get way over my head now, but do the
DHCP errors show up at boot time, or are they scattered
around during the whole time period that you have the
machine running.

Have you done web searches on what the errors mean?

Are the DHCP errors preceded by or followed by other errors
that suggest the underlying causes?

Your TCP service may be failing trying to negotiate the
dynamic DHCP parameters and the onboard LAN and whatever
is on the other end of your cable (I assume either your
cable modem or router). That is not a TCP problem, though,
but an indicator that something else is wrong.

Finally, if you plug into the onboard LAN (which you say
doesn't work), walk away and come back some time later
(say 15 or 20 minutes), is there any change? (I ask
because this is how mine behaves, although I think my
problem is different from yours. I would go away for
a bit and, after a while, it would just light up).

Ed

 

[Diaboyos]

Finally, if you plug into the onboard LAN (which you say

doesn't work), walk away and come back some time later
(say 15 or 20 minutes), is there any change? (I ask
because this is how mine behaves, although I think my
problem is different from yours. I would go away for
a bit and, after a while, it would just light up).

I haven't tried to leave it just yet because my PCI ethernet comes
up as soon as I plug it in but it's worth a shot I'll try it when I log off
for the day.

 

[Diaboyos]

Ha! I sent a query to Asus about a month ago still haven't heard back from

them. Don't keep your hopes up of

ever getting a reply.

If System Information is not displaying an IP address for the onboard

ethernet device, it is because you never

configured it with one, or, perhaps Windows is configured to "Obtain an IP address automatically" for the
device. Go to Network Connections, right click on the icon which

represents your cable connection and select

properties, scroll down the list and double click on "Internet Protocol

(TCIP/IP)". Tick "Use the following IP

Address", and plug in the requisite information. That information will show up in System Information.

This cable connection is your internet connection? Either your ISP

dynamically assigns your machine an IP

address, in which case Windows ~should~ be set to "Obtain an IP address

automatically", or, you have a fixed

IP address. If the latter, you need to get the following info from your ISP, and plug in those values.

1) an IP address
2) a netmask (which will most likely be 255.255.255.0)
3) a gateway address
4) a primary DNS address, and usually a secondary DNS address, too.

My next step is to call them but I know when I do I'll get
someone who can't speak English :-(

I'm gonna try inserting the info that is on the PCI card and see if that
works. I'm not quite sure how but I'll figure it out. Also gonna try
what's in the other post about leaving it plugged in for awhile and see if
that does anything.