New MB - Single Local Area Connection

[Guest]

I recently purchased a MB with dual G-Lan interfaces. As some of you have
posted I intended to have one dedicated to Wan i.e Internet and the other for
LAN (intranet) to a local Linux box. I've decided to purchase a copy of XP
Home edition for this new PC but after enabling both interfaces in the Bios
and installing the driver that came on the CD with the MB, I only ever see a
single Local Area Connection in my Network Connections folder.

Is this a limitation of XP Home?
I do know that XP Pro supports this...

If this is indeed a limitation of the Home edition, which version of Vista
will support multiple network connection because I do have an express upgrade
to Vista?

Thanks

 

[Richard G. Harper]

How many network cards show up in Device Manager? There is no reason you
can't have and use two network cards on Windows XP Home Edition.

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[Guest]

Thanks Richard for the prompt reply...

If I remember correctly (I am not at home at this moment which is where the
PC is at) I only see a single Network Controller Device. This is a "Marvell®
88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit LAN controller" on an ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe MB.

So I should therefore expect to see two of these?

I am glad to hear that XP Home should support two Lan interfaces however.

What should I try next? Re-install the driver?

Thanks

Gilles

How many network cards show up in Device Manager? There is no reason you
can't have and use two network cards on Windows XP Home Edition.

--
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I recently purchased a MB with dual G-Lan interfaces. As some of you have
posted I intended to have one dedicated to Wan i.e Internet and the other
for
LAN (intranet) to a local Linux box. I've decided to purchase a copy of
XP
Home edition for this new PC but after enabling both interfaces in the
Bios
and installing the driver that came on the CD with the MB, I only ever see
a
single Local Area Connection in my Network Connections folder.

Is this a limitation of XP Home?
I do know that XP Pro supports this...

If this is indeed a limitation of the Home edition, which version of Vista
will support multiple network connection because I do have an express
upgrade
to Vista?

Thanks

 

[AJR]

May be a ridiculous question -are there two network jacks available?

 

[Guest]

Of course...

Gilles

May be a ridiculous question -are there two network jacks available?

 

[Richard G. Harper]

You should see two network cards in Device Manager - you may need to
reinstall drivers to see if they pick up the second card, or check the
manual/Web site FAQs to see if they give you tips on installing the drivers
for the dual NIC function correctly.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
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Thanks Richard for the prompt reply...

If I remember correctly (I am not at home at this moment which is where
the
PC is at) I only see a single Network Controller Device. This is a
"Marvell®
88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit LAN controller" on an ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe MB.

So I should therefore expect to see two of these?

I am glad to hear that XP Home should support two Lan interfaces however.

What should I try next? Re-install the driver?

Thanks

Gilles

How many network cards show up in Device Manager? There is no reason you
can't have and use two network cards on Windows XP Home Edition.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
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* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

I recently purchased a MB with dual G-Lan interfaces. As some of you
have
posted I intended to have one dedicated to Wan i.e Internet and the
other
for
LAN (intranet) to a local Linux box. I've decided to purchase a copy
of
XP
Home edition for this new PC but after enabling both interfaces in the
Bios
and installing the driver that came on the CD with the MB, I only ever
see
a
single Local Area Connection in my Network Connections folder.

Is this a limitation of XP Home?
I do know that XP Pro supports this...

If this is indeed a limitation of the Home edition, which version of
Vista
will support multiple network connection because I do have an express
upgrade
to Vista?

Thanks

 

[Guest]

Hi Richard

I went through installing the drivers again last night once you confirmed
that there was no reason XP-H should be able to support two Lan interfaces.

I managed to get the second card in the Device Manager to show up and the
second Local Area Connection as well.

The only curious thing is that in the Device Manager, I have two different
controllers: one device(card) is labeled Marvell Yukon Controller and the
other is labeled nVidia Controller. I expected both interfaces to be handled
by the same Marvell Yukon controller, since the Dual G-Lan interfaces are
both integrated on the MB. I'll pursue this in the Asus Forum

Thanks for your help

Gilles

You should see two network cards in Device Manager - you may need to
reinstall drivers to see if they pick up the second card, or check the
manual/Web site FAQs to see if they give you tips on installing the drivers
for the dual NIC function correctly.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

Thanks Richard for the prompt reply...

If I remember correctly (I am not at home at this moment which is where
the
PC is at) I only see a single Network Controller Device. This is a
"Marvell®
88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit LAN controller" on an ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe MB.

So I should therefore expect to see two of these?

I am glad to hear that XP Home should support two Lan interfaces however.

What should I try next? Re-install the driver?

Thanks

Gilles

How many network cards show up in Device Manager? There is no reason you
can't have and use two network cards on Windows XP Home Edition.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


I recently purchased a MB with dual G-Lan interfaces. As some of you
have
posted I intended to have one dedicated to Wan i.e Internet and the
other
for
LAN (intranet) to a local Linux box. I've decided to purchase a copy
of
XP
Home edition for this new PC but after enabling both interfaces in the
Bios
and installing the driver that came on the CD with the MB, I only ever
see
a
single Local Area Connection in my Network Connections folder.

Is this a limitation of XP Home?
I do know that XP Pro supports this...

If this is indeed a limitation of the Home edition, which version of
Vista
will support multiple network connection because I do have an express
upgrade
to Vista?

Thanks

 

[Michael W. Ryder]

Hi Richard

I went through installing the drivers again last night once you confirmed
that there was no reason XP-H should be able to support two Lan interfaces.

I managed to get the second card in the Device Manager to show up and the
second Local Area Connection as well.

The only curious thing is that in the Device Manager, I have two different
controllers: one device(card) is labeled Marvell Yukon Controller and the
other is labeled nVidia Controller. I expected both interfaces to be handled
by the same Marvell Yukon controller, since the Dual G-Lan interfaces are
both integrated on the MB. I'll pursue this in the Asus Forum

If you read the manual for the board you will see that one of the NICs
is on the Marvell controller and the other one is on the NVidia controller.

Thanks for your help

Gilles

You should see two network cards in Device Manager - you may need to
reinstall drivers to see if they pick up the second card, or check the
manual/Web site FAQs to see if they give you tips on installing the drivers
for the dual NIC function correctly.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

Thanks Richard for the prompt reply...

If I remember correctly (I am not at home at this moment which is where
the
PC is at) I only see a single Network Controller Device. This is a
"Marvell®
88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit LAN controller" on an ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe MB.

So I should therefore expect to see two of these?

I am glad to hear that XP Home should support two Lan interfaces however.

What should I try next? Re-install the driver?

Thanks

Gilles

:

How many network cards show up in Device Manager? There is no reason you
can't have and use two network cards on Windows XP Home Edition.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


I recently purchased a MB with dual G-Lan interfaces. As some of you
have
posted I intended to have one dedicated to Wan i.e Internet and the
other
for
LAN (intranet) to a local Linux box. I've decided to purchase a copy
of
XP
Home edition for this new PC but after enabling both interfaces in the
Bios
and installing the driver that came on the CD with the MB, I only ever
see
a
single Local Area Connection in my Network Connections folder.

Is this a limitation of XP Home?
I do know that XP Pro supports this...

If this is indeed a limitation of the Home edition, which version of
Vista
will support multiple network connection because I do have an express
upgrade
to Vista?

Thanks

 

[Richard G. Harper]

See what Michael said - what you see is certainly what you should expect to
see. Glad to hear you got it all sorted out in the end.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
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Hi Richard

I went through installing the drivers again last night once you confirmed
that there was no reason XP-H should be able to support two Lan
interfaces.

I managed to get the second card in the Device Manager to show up and the
second Local Area Connection as well.

The only curious thing is that in the Device Manager, I have two different
controllers: one device(card) is labeled Marvell Yukon Controller and the
other is labeled nVidia Controller. I expected both interfaces to be
handled
by the same Marvell Yukon controller, since the Dual G-Lan interfaces are
both integrated on the MB. I'll pursue this in the Asus Forum

Thanks for your help

Gilles

You should see two network cards in Device Manager - you may need to
reinstall drivers to see if they pick up the second card, or check the
manual/Web site FAQs to see if they give you tips on installing the
drivers
for the dual NIC function correctly.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

Thanks Richard for the prompt reply...

If I remember correctly (I am not at home at this moment which is where
the
PC is at) I only see a single Network Controller Device. This is a
"Marvell®
88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit LAN controller" on an ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe MB.

So I should therefore expect to see two of these?

I am glad to hear that XP Home should support two Lan interfaces
however.

What should I try next? Re-install the driver?

Thanks

Gilles

:

How many network cards show up in Device Manager? There is no reason
you
can't have and use two network cards on Windows XP Home Edition.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


I recently purchased a MB with dual G-Lan interfaces. As some of you
have
posted I intended to have one dedicated to Wan i.e Internet and the
other
for
LAN (intranet) to a local Linux box. I've decided to purchase a
copy
of
XP
Home edition for this new PC but after enabling both interfaces in
the
Bios
and installing the driver that came on the CD with the MB, I only
ever
see
a
single Local Area Connection in my Network Connections folder.

Is this a limitation of XP Home?
I do know that XP Pro supports this...

If this is indeed a limitation of the Home edition, which version of
Vista
will support multiple network connection because I do have an
express
upgrade
to Vista?

Thanks