Network Adapter problem/cable unplugged Xp Home SP2

[Guest]

I've been going crazy with this one.
Installed a new WD 160gb hard disk this weekend (primary slave).
Installation went fine, although after setup was all finished my ethernet
card stopped working.
Now I get a message saying "Local Area Connection (n) Network cable is
unplugged" where (n) seems to change nearly every time I boot up. I think I'm
up to Local Area Connection 11 or 12 now.
Device Manager says card is recognized and functioning properly.
Linksys card only gives me orange light when cable is plugged in.
New Belkin card only has a green light which never lights up.

Original Linksys PCI card hooked up to a cable modem. Worked fine until this
weekend.

Tried the following (and probably more I'm forgetting):
-Moved Network adapter to each of other PCI slots.
-(3) different CAT5 cables all of which work elsewhere
-Brand new Belkin network card in each of (3) slots
-New cable modem (works fine thru USB, not ethernet)
-New drivers for network adapter card(s)
-Reset TCP/IP per Microsoft 299357
-Reset Winsock catalog
-Updated BIOS
-Uninstalled new hard drive, no change so put it back in
-Manually set data transmission speed to 10/half, 10/full, 100 half,
100/full, no luck
-Performed repair install of Windows XP
-Uninstall and reinstall network adapter (even though it does this every
time I moved the card anyway)
-Full virus scan
-All current Windows updates were installed (until reinstall from CD...)

I'm running out of things to try - any ideas?
Thanks much
Joe

 

[AJR]

You have been a busy beaver!! I doubt if installing a slave HD would affect
network connectivity - except that during the physical installation of the
HD there was some other "physical" disruption.
One cause for multiple "local connection #" is that the connection settings
have been changed/disrupted/deleted and each time the computer is booted
connection setup tries to continue - also the many attempts at card/adapter
changes causes connection setting changes.
You did say - but did you check/reconfigure the connection configuration?

 

[Guest]

I didn't think that installing the drive would have done anything either...
oh well.
I checked all the connections inside and everything looked OK - dont think
there's anything on the motherboard itself that could affect *only* the
network card. (All other PCI cards function fine in any slot). MB is Intel
845GVSR (no onboard LAN)

Only network configuration I changed was the transmission speed when trying
10/100 etc. It's back to Auto now since changing it didn't do anything.

DHCP is all auto/DNS etc as it was before.

As far as the multiple connection #s, if the number goes up even if I don't
make a change (no uninstall/reinstall of drivers or hardware) does that mean
the last attempt didn't succeed (although obviously it didn't!)?

Once upon a time I had a similar issue with a digital camera connected via
USB - the camera stopped talking to the computer and I had numbers like
"Canon digital camera 8" when I tried to connect.
The helpful Canon rep had me do some registry editing to erase all of the
Canon entires, next time I tried to connect was back to "Canon Digital
Camera" and everything worked great again.

Even though that was USB and a totally different animal, I can't get out of
my head that perhaps something similar has gone on here.

Any and all thoughts/ideas are most welcome
Thanks-

 

[AJR]

Joe - run "ipconfig /all" from a command prompt.

I didn't think that installing the drive would have done anything
either...
oh well.
I checked all the connections inside and everything looked OK - dont think
there's anything on the motherboard itself that could affect *only* the
network card. (All other PCI cards function fine in any slot). MB is Intel
845GVSR (no onboard LAN)

Only network configuration I changed was the transmission speed when
trying
10/100 etc. It's back to Auto now since changing it didn't do anything.

DHCP is all auto/DNS etc as it was before.

As far as the multiple connection #s, if the number goes up even if I
don't
make a change (no uninstall/reinstall of drivers or hardware) does that
mean
the last attempt didn't succeed (although obviously it didn't!)?

Once upon a time I had a similar issue with a digital camera connected via
USB - the camera stopped talking to the computer and I had numbers like
"Canon digital camera 8" when I tried to connect.
The helpful Canon rep had me do some registry editing to erase all of the
Canon entires, next time I tried to connect was back to "Canon Digital
Camera" and everything worked great again.

Even though that was USB and a totally different animal, I can't get out
of
my head that perhaps something similar has gone on here.

Any and all thoughts/ideas are most welcome
Thanks-

 

[Guest]

Heres what I get:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\joe>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : jw
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 11:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : F5D5000, PCI Card/Desktop
Network PC
I Card
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-30-BD-6E-4E-34

Let me know if I'm doing anything silly...

 

[Guest]

For what it's worth here's the results of the Windows Network Diagnostics:

Computer Information
+ Computer System

JW

AdminPasswordStatus = 3
AutomaticResetBootOption = TRUE
AutomaticResetCapability = TRUE
BootOptionOnLimit = 0
BootOptionOnWatchDog = 0
BootROMSupported = TRUE
BootupState = Normal boot
Caption = JW
ChassisBootupState = 3
CreationClassName = Win32_ComputerSystem
CurrentTimeZone = -240
DaylightInEffect = TRUE
Description = AT/AT COMPATIBLE
Domain = WORKGROUP
DomainRole = 0
EnableDaylightSavingsTime = TRUE
FrontPanelResetStatus = 3
InfraredSupported = FALSE
KeyboardPasswordStatus = 3
Manufacturer = INTEL_
Model = D845GVSR
Name = JW
NetworkServerModeEnabled = TRUE
NumberOfProcessors = 1
PartOfDomain = FALSE
PauseAfterReset = 3932100000
PowerOnPasswordStatus = 3
PowerState = 0
PowerSupplyState = 3
PrimaryOwnerName = joe
ResetCapability = 1
ResetCount = -1
ResetLimit = -1
+ Roles
LM_Workstation
LM_Server
NT
Status = OK
SystemStartupDelay = 30
SystemStartupOptions = "Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition"
/noexecute=optin /fastdetect
SystemStartupSetting = 0
SystemType = X86-based PC
ThermalState = 1
TotalPhysicalMemory = 802996224
UserName = JW\joe
WakeUpType = 6
+ Operating System

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

BootDevice = \Device\HarddiskVolume1
BuildNumber = 2600
BuildType = Uniprocessor Free
Caption = Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
CodeSet = 1252
CountryCode = 1
CreationClassName = Win32_OperatingSystem
CSCreationClassName = Win32_ComputerSystem
CSDVersion = Service Pack 2
CSName = JW
CurrentTimeZone = -240
DataExecutionPrevention_32BitApplications = FALSE
DataExecutionPrevention_Available = FALSE
DataExecutionPrevention_Drivers = FALSE
DataExecutionPrevention_SupportPolicy = 2
Debug = FALSE
Distributed = FALSE
EncryptionLevel = 168
ForegroundApplicationBoost = 2
FreePhysicalMemory = 520836
FreeSpaceInPagingFiles = 1716812
FreeVirtualMemory = 2051944
InstallDate = 8:21:11 PM 6/20/2006
LargeSystemCache = 0
LastBootUpTime = 9:04:11 PM 6/21/2006
LocalDateTime = 9:06:04 PM 6/21/2006
Locale = 0409
Manufacturer = Microsoft Corporation
MaxNumberOfProcesses = -1
MaxProcessMemorySize = 2097024
Name = Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition|C:\WINDOWS|\Device\Harddisk0\Partition1
NumberOfProcesses = 36
NumberOfUsers = 2
OSLanguage = 1033
OSType = 18
Primary = TRUE
ProductType = 1
QuantumLength = 0
QuantumType = 0
RegisteredUser = joe
SerialNumber = 76477-006-6276511-21590
ServicePackMajorVersion = 2
ServicePackMinorVersion = 0
SizeStoredInPagingFiles = 1922140
Status = OK
SuiteMask = 784
SystemDevice = \Device\HarddiskVolume1
SystemDirectory = C:\WINDOWS\system32
SystemDrive = C:
TotalVirtualMemorySize = 2097024
TotalVisibleMemorySize = 784176
Version = 5.1.2600
WindowsDirectory = C:\WINDOWS
+ Version

5.1.2600

Version = 5.1.2600
BuildVersion = 2600.0000
Modems and Network Adapters
Modems


- Network Adapters


- [00000001] Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet Adapter(LNE100TX v4)
Caption = [00000001] Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet Adapter(LNE100TX v4)
DatabasePath = %SystemRoot%\System32\drivers\etc
Description = F5D5000, PCI Card/Desktop Network PCI Card
DHCPEnabled = TRUE
DHCPLeaseExpires = 7:58:07 PM 6/21/2006
DHCPLeaseObtained = 7:58:07 AM 6/18/2006
DNSEnabledForWINSResolution = FALSE
DNSHostName = jw
DomainDNSRegistrationEnabled = FALSE
FullDNSRegistrationEnabled = TRUE
Index = 1
IPConnectionMetric = 1
IPEnabled = TRUE
IPFilterSecurityEnabled = FALSE
IPXEnabled = FALSE
MACAddress = 00:30:BD:6E:4E:34
ServiceName = AN983
SettingID = {BEA58BA2-E4E1-48A6-B6FC-1C5BB3048A6E}
TcpipNetbiosOptions = 0
WINSEnableLMHostsLookup = FALSE
- [00000009] ADMtek AN983 based ethernet adapter
Caption = [00000009] ADMtek AN983 based ethernet adapter
DatabasePath = %SystemRoot%\System32\drivers\etc
Description = F5D5000, PCI Card/Desktop Network PCI Card
DHCPEnabled = TRUE
DHCPLeaseExpires = 11:14:07 PM 1/18/2038
DHCPLeaseObtained = 11:50:20 AM 6/18/2006
DNSEnabledForWINSResolution = FALSE
DNSHostName = jw
DomainDNSRegistrationEnabled = FALSE
FullDNSRegistrationEnabled = TRUE
Index = 9
IPConnectionMetric = 1
IPEnabled = TRUE
IPFilterSecurityEnabled = FALSE
IPXEnabled = FALSE
MACAddress = 00:30:BD:6E:4E:34
ServiceName = AN983
SettingID = {D04419EE-FD86-4A91-BA25-AEFED8AADAD2}
TcpipNetbiosOptions = 0
WINSEnableLMHostsLookup = FALSE
- [00000011] F5D5000, PCI Card/Desktop Network PCI Card
Caption = [00000011] F5D5000, PCI Card/Desktop Network PCI Card
DatabasePath = %SystemRoot%\System32\drivers\etc
Description = F5D5000, PCI Card/Desktop Network PCI Card
DHCPEnabled = TRUE
DNSEnabledForWINSResolution = FALSE
DNSHostName = jw
DomainDNSRegistrationEnabled = FALSE
FullDNSRegistrationEnabled = TRUE
Index = 11
IPConnectionMetric = 1
IPEnabled = TRUE
IPFilterSecurityEnabled = FALSE
IPXEnabled = FALSE
MACAddress = 00:30:BD:6E:4E:34
ServiceName = F5D5000
SettingID = {AFA24A95-2B2C-4C42-9B09-2287F4A16AD9}
TcpipNetbiosOptions = 0
WINSEnableLMHostsLookup = FALSE
- [00000012] F5D5000, PCI Card/Desktop Network PCI Card
Caption = [00000012] F5D5000, PCI Card/Desktop Network PCI Card
DatabasePath = %SystemRoot%\System32\drivers\etc
Description = F5D5000, PCI Card/Desktop Network PCI Card
DHCPEnabled = TRUE
DNSEnabledForWINSResolution = FALSE
DNSHostName = jw
DomainDNSRegistrationEnabled = FALSE
FullDNSRegistrationEnabled = TRUE
Index = 12
IPConnectionMetric = 1
IPEnabled = TRUE
IPFilterSecurityEnabled = FALSE
IPXEnabled = FALSE
MACAddress = 00:30:BD:6E:4E:34
ServiceName = F5D5000
SettingID = {8523D27D-1AB0-458F-9CCE-8A277F159177}
TcpipNetbiosOptions = 0
WINSEnableLMHostsLookup = FALSE
- [00000014] F5D5000, PCI Card/Desktop Network PCI Card
Caption = [00000014] F5D5000, PCI Card/Desktop Network PCI Card
DatabasePath = %SystemRoot%\System32\drivers\etc
Description = F5D5000, PCI Card/Desktop Network PCI Card
DHCPEnabled = TRUE
DNSEnabledForWINSResolution = FALSE
DNSHostName = jw
DomainDNSRegistrationEnabled = FALSE
FullDNSRegistrationEnabled = TRUE
Index = 14
IPConnectionMetric = 1
IPEnabled = TRUE
IPFilterSecurityEnabled = FALSE
IPXEnabled = FALSE
MACAddress = 00:30:BD:6E:4E:34
ServiceName = F5D5000
SettingID = {AF554790-9E4F-4759-9D05-69F5162D2FB9}
TcpipNetbiosOptions = 0
WINSEnableLMHostsLookup = FALSE
+ Network Clients

 

[AJR]

Joe - results of ipconfig /all indicate absence of a network. At the
command prompt run "ping 127.0.0.1. Correct results, successful sending and
receiving packets, will verify TCP/IP is installed and functioning on your
computer. If you receive failure results e.g. timed out - use Help and
Support function regarding "TCP/IP" and "Network connections".

 

[Guest]

Ping'd 127.0.0.1 - results looked fine. Good response on all packets.
So TCP/IP seems to be OK...
Now what?!?