Network Connections

[Jerome]

Hello
When I open my Network Connections I see the following:
LAN OR HIGH SPEED INTERNET
1) Local Area Connection 2, 3Com (unplugged)
2) 1394 Connection, Net Adapter, Enabled
3) Local Area Connection, Enabled, Firewalled, Navidia
Networking Adapter.
My question is: why are there two NIC's enabled? I have
used the "network setup wizard" and obtaine the same
results. Thanks.

 

[Larry Samuels]

XP sees any 1394 (firewire) connection as a possible network connection and
enables it.

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[Lee S]

Jerome,
Leave the 1394 connection alone. you have two nic cards in the pc; one is
the 3Com card and the 2nd is Navidia which is enable and firewalled. check
to see which one of the two is integraded in the motherboard and removed the
other one go to the bios and disable the one in the motherboard. all you
need is one unless you have a special need to have the two, i don't think
that's the case here

 

[Jerome]

Lee
Thanks for the info. Both NIC's are integrated into the
motherboard, Which one are indicating to disable and are
you indicating that the disabling is done in the bios?
Also, could having the two NIC's enabled cause TCP/IP
sleep mode interuption? Thanks.

 

[Lee S]

Jerome, I doubt that the motherboard has 2 nics, open the box and see if one
of the nics are attached to the MB thru a pci slot (these slots are white in
color). from there you should be able to tell which one is active. the nic
on the pci slot is an add-in card and you can remove it if you are not using
it or if it's the one in use then go to the bios and disable the other. the
answer to the sleep mode it's unlikely but possible. either way i would
remove the extra nic.

 

[TonyS]

Lee S wrote:
: Jerome, I doubt that the motherboard has 2 nics, open the box and see
: if one of the nics are attached to the MB thru a pci slot (these
: slots are white in color). from there you should be able to tell
: which one is active. the nic on the pci slot is an add-in card and
: you can remove it if you are not using it or if it's the one in use
: then go to the bios and disable the other. the answer to the sleep
: mode it's unlikely but possible. either way i would remove the extra
: nic.
:: Lee

Not all BIOS offer disabling of onboard NIC. If the computer is or was a
Gateway to the internet for a network it would use 2 NIC's. The 3Com is
unpluged so is not in use. An external view of the back of the computer
would show where the plugs are since PCI and onboard are in different
locations. Is any of this causing a problem?
TonyS

:: Thanks for the info. Both NIC's are integrated into the
:: motherboard, Which one are indicating to disable and are
:: you indicating that the disabling is done in the bios?
:: Also, could having the two NIC's enabled cause TCP/IP
:: sleep mode interuption? Thanks.
::
::
::
::
::: -----Original Message-----
::: Jerome,
::: Leave the 1394 connection alone. you have two nic cards
:: in the pc; one is
::: the 3Com card and the 2nd is Navidia which is enable and
:: firewalled. check
::: to see which one of the two is integraded in the
:: motherboard and removed the
::: other one go to the bios and disable the one in the
:: motherboard. all you
::: need is one unless you have a special need to have the
:: two, i don't think
::: that's the case here
:::
::: --
::: Lee S
::: :::: XP sees any 1394 (firewire) connection as a possible
:: network connection
:::: and enables it.
::::
:::: --
:::: Larry Samuels MS-MVP (Windows-Shell/User)
:::: Associate Expert
:::: Expert Zone -
:::: Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
:::: http://pelos.us/SERVER.htm
:: in message
:::: ::::: Hello
::::: When I open my Network Connections I see the
:: following:
::::: LAN OR HIGH SPEED INTERNET
::::: 1) Local Area Connection 2, 3Com (unplugged)
::::: 2) 1394 Connection, Net Adapter, Enabled
::::: 3) Local Area Connection, Enabled, Firewalled, Navidia
::::: Networking Adapter.
::::: My question is: why are there two NIC's enabled? I
:: have
::::: used the "network setup wizard" and obtaine the same
::::: results. Thanks.
::::
::::
:::
:::
::: .

 

[Gene K]

Hello
When I open my Network Connections I see the following:
LAN OR HIGH SPEED INTERNET
1) Local Area Connection 2, 3Com (unplugged)
2) 1394 Connection, Net Adapter, Enabled
3) Local Area Connection, Enabled, Firewalled, Navidia
Networking Adapter.
My question is: why are there two NIC's enabled? I have
used the "network setup wizard" and obtaine the same
results. Thanks.

You do not need two NIC cards unless there is something that I do not see or
fathom. You could try deleting the first one, shutdown and restart, and
attempt to connect to your ISP. If all works well, forget about it.

 

[Lee S]

Lee S wrote:
: Jerome, I doubt that the motherboard has 2 nics, open the box and see
: if one of the nics are attached to the MB thru a pci slot (these
: slots are white in color). from there you should be able to tell
: which one is active. the nic on the pci slot is an add-in card and
: you can remove it if you are not using it or if it's the one in use
: then go to the bios and disable the other. the answer to the sleep
: mode it's unlikely but possible. either way i would remove the extra
: nic.
:: Lee

Not all BIOS offer disabling of onboard NIC. If the computer is or was a
Gateway to the internet for a network it would use 2 NIC's. The 3Com is
unpluged so is not in use. An external view of the back of the computer
would show where the plugs are since PCI and onboard are in different
locations. Is any of this causing a problem?
TonyS

Thanks for the explanation.

Lee S

 

[Thomas Wendell]

Lee, some mobos have 2 NICs, one driven from the chipset, the other from an
auxiliary controller. Usually the chipset's NIC speed is 10/100 kbs, the
other auxiliary controller is often a 10/100/1000 kbs


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[Lee S]

I didn't know... Thanks

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Lee S

Lee, some mobos have 2 NICs, one driven from the chipset, the other from
an
auxiliary controller. Usually the chipset's NIC speed is 10/100 kbs, the
other auxiliary controller is often a 10/100/1000 kbs


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