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johnsmith
12-22-2006, 10:07 PM
Hi Guys,

I'd appreciate any help on the below issue. I've searched the net for hours and tried many things - no luck.

Issue:

I try to connect a WinXP SP2 PC to a DLink DI-514 Router vith a straight (not Cross-over) cable but I continuously get "Network Cable unplugged".

Symptoms:

- the networking icon is displayed in the notification area of the Windows taskbar with a red cross on it - tooltip says "Network cable unplugged"
- same message appears next to "Local network" in "Network Connections"
- the LED for the used channel on the router is constantly OFF

Details:

- Router is definitely OK - 2 other PCs are connected and work fine (Internet access is OK)
- Cable is definitely OK and not cross-over: tried between the router and one of the other PCs and works fine
- NIC is integrated on the motherboard, "SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter", installed properly and enabled
- MAC address filter of the router does not register any incoming request from the MAC address of the SiS NIC

What I have tried so far:

- disabled and re-enabled the NIC
- unplugged, cleaned and re-plugged the NIC connector on the motherboard
- checked the network cable and the NIC connector for deformed pins
- plugged the cable into another plug on the router
- downloaded the latest driver from the SiS website and installed it
- settig the "MediaType" value manually (instead of "Auto_Config") in Device Manager > Network card > SiS 900...Adapter > Properties > Advanced (tried all possible values: 10BaseT, 10BaseT Full_Duplex, 100BaseTX, 100BaseTX Full_Duplex)
- Reset WINSOCK entries to installation defaults: netsh winsock reset catalog
- Reset TCP/IP stack to installation defaults. netsh int ip reset reset.log

Unfortunately I have no other NIC to try in the PC.

I'd welcome any helping ideas.

Many thanks,
Tibor

cszeto
01-19-2007, 10:30 PM
You might try one of the CD/DVD bootable Linux distributions to see if those drivers can light up the NIC, otherwise you are describing a failed NIC and have gone through some pretty extensive testing already.

One longer shot is the fact that you do not mention the length/distance between this particular system from the router. You might also try locating the two closer with a shorter cable too, just to cover all bases.