Local Area Connection 2?

[Mike C]

In the taskbar, my connection monitor icon is described
as "Local Area Connection 2." However, I should only
have one local area connection, and I cannot find find
the first connection is. In the network connections
window, there are three items listed. Two firewire ports
(both of which are disabled) and "Local Area Connection
2." I have been having problems accessing my workgroup,
and I believe this is somehow related to the source of
the problem. Does anyone know how to fix this, or if
there is some way to completely reset network settings?
Thanks.

 

[Pavel]

View Network Connections and there you can rename (delete the 2) it by right
clicking on it and select 'rename' from menu.

Pavel

 

[Guest]

If you can't rename the name of this connection, look at in control
panel/system/hardware/manage devices.
Look at in network adapters and if you see 2 ethernet devices, uninstall one
twice,and then reinstall one of it.

Alex

 

[Michael Pardee]

The name suggests there was another LAN connection at one
time and it was present the first time this one appeared.
But I doubt it is associated with your workgroup problems.

First review knowledge base 318030 to make sure that
isn't the problem. Next, check for network connectivity
by pinging another computer in the workgroup. (At the
other computer, start|run|cmd; type "ipconfig" [enter]
and write down the ip address. At your computer, open a
command prompt the same way and type "ping [that ip
address]" [enter]. No go? make sure the firewall is
disabled on the network connection in each computer and
try again. Once the ping works, if the workgroup is still
missing, try disabling and reenabling the network
connection. (See my post below, asking about this odd
behavior.)

Mike