Intermittent LAN connection

[Tom Brown]

A friend of mine in the same building on the same LAN loses his connection
all the time. It is a wired connection and just after bootup, it shows
connected at 100 Mbps. Then, almost immediately it disconnects. Then,
after a short while, it reconnects for few minutes. He has tried plugging
his laptop into the network cable of other known working ports (like my
connection) and the same thing happens. He is also able to access another
wireless network at the same time.

Any clues?

Tom

 

[Richard G. Harper]

Sounds like the network card in the PC is bad. Try removing or disabling it
and putting in a new one.

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[Tom Brown]

Unfortunately, its a built-in LAN connection in the laptop so it's not that
easy to swap it out.

Thanks,

Tom

Sounds like the network card in the PC is bad. Try removing or disabling
it and putting in a new one.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
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A friend of mine in the same building on the same LAN loses his connection
all the time. It is a wired connection and just after bootup, it shows
connected at 100 Mbps. Then, almost immediately it disconnects. Then,
after a short while, it reconnects for few minutes. He has tried plugging
his laptop into the network cable of other known working ports (like my
connection) and the same thing happens. He is also able to access another
wireless network at the same time.

Any clues?

Tom

 

[Tom Brown]

Unfortunately, its a built-in LAN connection in the laptop so it's not that
easy to swap it out.

Thanks,

Tom

Sounds like the network card in the PC is bad. Try removing or disabling
it and putting in a new one.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

A friend of mine in the same building on the same LAN loses his connection
all the time. It is a wired connection and just after bootup, it shows
connected at 100 Mbps. Then, almost immediately it disconnects. Then,
after a short while, it reconnects for few minutes. He has tried plugging
his laptop into the network cable of other known working ports (like my
connection) and the same thing happens. He is also able to access another
wireless network at the same time.

Any clues?

Tom

 

[Richard G. Harper]

Get a PC-Card network adapter and disable the onboard adapter for testing
purposes.

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Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
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Unfortunately, its a built-in LAN connection in the laptop so it's not
that
easy to swap it out.

Thanks,

Tom

Sounds like the network card in the PC is bad. Try removing or disabling
it and putting in a new one.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

A friend of mine in the same building on the same LAN loses his
connection
all the time. It is a wired connection and just after bootup, it shows
connected at 100 Mbps. Then, almost immediately it disconnects. Then,
after a short while, it reconnects for few minutes. He has tried
plugging
his laptop into the network cable of other known working ports (like my
connection) and the same thing happens. He is also able to access
another
wireless network at the same time.

Any clues?

Tom

 

[Richard G. Harper]

Or a USB network adapter. (Sorry, late thought after I pressed Send. <G>)

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Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
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Unfortunately, its a built-in LAN connection in the laptop so it's not
that
easy to swap it out.

Thanks,

Tom

Sounds like the network card in the PC is bad. Try removing or disabling
it and putting in a new one.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

A friend of mine in the same building on the same LAN loses his
connection all the time. It is a wired connection and just after bootup,
it shows connected at 100 Mbps. Then, almost immediately it disconnects.
Then, after a short while, it reconnects for few minutes. He has tried
plugging his laptop into the network cable of other known working ports
(like my connection) and the same thing happens. He is also able to
access another wireless network at the same time.

Any clues?

Tom

 

[Tom Brown]

Richard,

That's a good plan and one I just thought of a few hours ago. I am just
trying to find a good PMCIA Lan Card to borrow.

Yes, I also have some of my best "brainstrokes" right after I press the send
button. Or, even worse, I have second thoughts about sending something ...
too late! <G>

Thanks,

Tom

Or a USB network adapter. (Sorry, late thought after I pressed Send.
<G>)

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
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* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

Unfortunately, its a built-in LAN connection in the laptop so it's not
that
easy to swap it out.

Thanks,

Tom

Sounds like the network card in the PC is bad. Try removing or
disabling it and putting in a new one.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


A friend of mine in the same building on the same LAN loses his
connection all the time. It is a wired connection and just after bootup,
it shows connected at 100 Mbps. Then, almost immediately it
disconnects. Then, after a short while, it reconnects for few minutes.
He has tried plugging his laptop into the network cable of other known
working ports (like my connection) and the same thing happens. He is
also able to access another wireless network at the same time.

Any clues?

Tom