A Network Cable is Unplugged

[Rich U]

I am using WINXP Home with all the latest updates. I have
cable modem service. Periodically a message baloon
appears over the takk bar: "Local Area Network: A network
Cable is Unplugged". When this happens it's just for a
few seconds and theer is a disruption of service. My
cable provider thinks it's a WINXP problem. Has anyone
experienced this? Is there a fix?

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

I am using WINXP Home with all the latest updates. I have
cable modem service. Periodically a message baloon
appears over the takk bar: "Local Area Network: A network
Cable is Unplugged". When this happens it's just for a
few seconds and theer is a disruption of service. My
cable provider thinks it's a WINXP problem. Has anyone
experienced this? Is there a fix?

This Microsoft Knowledge Base article might help, even if you use a
different network card than the one it describes:

MSBBN: "A Network Cable Has Been Unplugged" Message Appears at
Seemingly Random Intervals
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;811595
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[Brennan Crowe [MS]]

Another reason that this could happen is the fact that card is configured
to "autodetect" the speed or is configured at the wrong speed. Compare the
connection speed to what you are connecting to, say a hub or a switch.
Then set the card manually to that. To get in to do this, go to the
properties of the Local Area Connection. In there, you will see the
network card and a configure button. Click on the configure button and you
will see the card settings.

If this doesn't help, update the network card drivers. If the problem
persists, contact the NIC manufacturer.

Thank you,

Brennan Crowe
Microsoft corporation

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