Recent content by Shinei

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    Networking Frustration

    Update: MTU setting is 1500, per the ping test results (this is set on the router as well); these settings have been like this since the devices were installed. Also, I disabled the onboard NIC through the BIOS, and am only riding the 3COM for now; at the moment it doesn't appear to me that...
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    Networking Frustration

    I did the route print before disabling one of the devices; even with one disabled (the 3COM failed in the interim of spidey07 posting and this reply), the route print doesn't seem to tell me much. I also tried rebuilding the TCP stack with netsh, which didn't solve the problem, either...
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    Networking Frustration

    The fact that it works, and then doesn't, should rule out the cables, shouldn't it? It just seems like any electrical problems would be apparent all the time, not just some of the time.
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    Networking Frustration

    It's more puzzling than anything else. I can't ping the gateway, but I can ping the other NIC device just fine, and I can also communicate with the internet anyway (after all, I am posting here from the busted machine). I'll try route print now and see what happens. I'll edit in the results...
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    Networking Frustration

    This is the only computer I have, though. :s Before I go entirely into diagnostics mode, could you tell me how route print works? Of all things, networking is not my strong point.
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    Networking Frustration

    I've since unbridged them, since the problem wasn't fixed by bridging; at the moment they're two, separate, standalone connections. I'll try scrubbing out the networking things, but this problem's been persistent across three installations of Windows. Additionally, the first bridge I built...
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    Networking Frustration

    Both NICs are rigged to connect to the default gateway at 192.168.0.1; is this still causing a problem? The network was suffering the same problem before I connected the second NIC...
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    Networking Frustration

    I've been trying to ping the gateway as it's listed in the connection information (192.168.0.1 for D-Links, I guess), but it keeps timing out on all ping requests. The connection status for the 3COM says it's still sending and receiving data though, so I'm not sure why it's not getting the ping...
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    Networking Frustration

    I hadn't thought about the second NIC being connected as an issue, since the problem had existed before I attached both. The only reason I had both wired in is because I had bridged them a couple of months ago, in the hopes that bridging might at least keep me from suffering lack of service by...
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    Networking Frustration

    I've been banging my head against the wall for two years with this chronic problem. I bought an entirely new NIC to replace the old one, thinking that was the cause; the problem persists, regardless of NIC. So, this is my problem: I have a cable modem (old Motorola Surfboard), which, for...
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    DVD-ROM that doesn't read DVDs

    I haven't tried a disc cleaner, since, like I said, the drive's always had problems with reading DVDs. Nobody smokes in my house, so it shouldn't be dirty... I just ordered an NEC DVD burner from NewEgg, and if that doesn't read DVDs either, I'm going to have to kill someone. :( Edit...
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    DVD-ROM that doesn't read DVDs

    Thanks for the link and help. :) Can I reverse this if it kills the drive? I'm going to try the 6S02 firmware flash... Check this space for a progress update. Edit: No love for the 6S02 firmware flash. I guess the drive is fragged... :(
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    DVD-ROM that doesn't read DVDs

    Battlefield 2 is still a no-go. I'm still trying to figure out how to flash the drive to a LiteOn as per the link SlitheryDee posted, but I don't think that flashing my CD-RW to a faster drive will change my DVD-ROM problem. Edit: On top of that, I don't know how to flash using MtkFlash...
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    DVD-ROM that doesn't read DVDs

    I was just there and didn't see anything for my drive. I guess I'm blind. ;) Thanks! :) Oh, and as I mentioned in my first post, my drive was using the KWH8 firmware revision--now it's KWH9 thanks to the link you posted. :) Edit: I did end up on cdfreaks when I Googled my drive, but...
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    DVD-ROM that doesn't read DVDs

    So it's an unfixable hardware problem? Or is there some way to salvage this drive? I mean, buying a new DVD drive isn't much of a problem for me (I've been thinking about getting a DVD burner anyway), but I'd rather the outlay of $200 be a last resort. Edit: Besides, if I get a new DVD...