New NIC - Zero Packets

[JRS]

I have put a new D-Link DFE 538TX in my XP Pro SP2 system as I think there
was a problem with the old on board Marvell Yukon card. Everything seemed to
go well and the drivers were installed fine. However, even though the
settings are identical to the Marvell card (apart from using an assigned IP
address of 192.168.1.123 instead of 192.168.1.100) there seems to be no
packets being sent or received when I look at the status of the connection.

It all seems connected to the router fine and have been assigned the correct
address (looking at status/support) and a repair reports no problems.

Enabling or disabling the old Marvel NIC makes no difference.

I have tried various cables in case that is the problem, including known
good ones.

Am I looking at the new card being dodgy or is there something else I can
do. I do find networking a little mysterious!


TIA

Jon

 

[smlunatick]

I have put a new D-Link DFE 538TX in my XP Pro SP2 system as I think there
was a problem with the old on board Marvell Yukon card. Everything seemed to
go well and the drivers were installed fine. However, even though the
settings are identical to the Marvell card (apart from using an assigned IP
address of 192.168.1.123 instead of 192.168.1.100) there seems to be no
packets being sent or received when I look at the status of the connection.

It all seems connected to the router fine and have been assigned the correct
address (looking at status/support) and a repair reports no problems.

Enabling or disabling the old Marvel NIC makes no difference.

I have tried various cables in case that is the problem, including known
good ones.

Am I looking at the new card being dodgy or is there something else I can
do. I do find networking a little mysterious!

TIA

Jon

What, if any, firewall software / anti-virus system do you have on
this PC?

 

[JRS]

What, if any, firewall software / anti-virus system do you have on
this PC?

NOD32 and Sygate but disabling them makes no difference

Jon

 

[smlunatick]

NOD32 and Sygate but disabling them makes no difference

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It "sad" to say but some softwares (McAfee an Norton) seem to still
br active even after disabling them. Only by removing them will these
software(s) be really disabled. Not familiar with NOD32 or Sygate?

 

[Gis Bun]

By "assigned", you mean that your router gave your PC an address or you
manually entered an address. Always try DHCP before assigning an address.

Check with Sygate and see if it defines settings by IP address or NIC.
Switch back to the old IP address and see what happens.

Remove Sygate [that's a bit on the old side and discontinued BTW] and try
again.

 

[JRS]

By "assigned", you mean that your router gave your PC an address or you
manually entered an address. Always try DHCP before assigning an address.

Check with Sygate and see if it defines settings by IP address or NIC.
Switch back to the old IP address and see what happens.

Remove Sygate [that's a bit on the old side and discontinued BTW] and try
again.

It seems to connect with an assigned address but not if I use DHCP.

I have removed Sygate and disabled windows firewall.

Jon

 

[Gis Bun]

Then something weird with your DHCP server. Check that server in the event
logs for any errors. Verify the PC is not configured in the DHCP anywhere.

By "assigned", you mean that your router gave your PC an address or you
manually entered an address. Always try DHCP before assigning an address.

Check with Sygate and see if it defines settings by IP address or NIC.
Switch back to the old IP address and see what happens.

Remove Sygate [that's a bit on the old side and discontinued BTW] and try
again.

It seems to connect with an assigned address but not if I use DHCP.

I have removed Sygate and disabled windows firewall.

Jon