got my new a8n-sli deluxe motherboard in a few days ago. i have been having problems with my two ethernet / lan ports (marvell and nvidia).
both are enabled, as well as their bootup roms, in bios (1008). i installed the nforce4 drivers from the cd as well as the marvell gigabit driver from the cd. i then connected the marvell lan port to my cable modem. couldn't get online. i then tried the nvidia port - still no success. i then connected my cable modem to my router and connected the router to the marvell - no luck. then tried router to nvidia port - still offline. the whole time network settings says that i have a local area connection cable unpluggled.
i then went back into the bios and disabled the nvidia lan. booted up xp and connected the marvell lan to the cable modem - can't get online. rebooted went back into bios and disabled marvell lan and enabled nvidia lan. booted up xp and connected nvidia lan to the cable modem - still no luck. again, network connections says a cable is unplugged.
finally i went back into the bios, enabled both lans, booted up xp and connected two ethernet cables from my router to both lan ports. success! this is the only way i am able to get online.
my question is why? i know there must be some way to get online my by connecting to only one lan port. why do i have to connect both? can someone please provide some assistance for me in clearing up this perplexing problem? thanks in advance.
both are enabled, as well as their bootup roms, in bios (1008). i installed the nforce4 drivers from the cd as well as the marvell gigabit driver from the cd. i then connected the marvell lan port to my cable modem. couldn't get online. i then tried the nvidia port - still no success. i then connected my cable modem to my router and connected the router to the marvell - no luck. then tried router to nvidia port - still offline. the whole time network settings says that i have a local area connection cable unpluggled.
i then went back into the bios and disabled the nvidia lan. booted up xp and connected the marvell lan to the cable modem - can't get online. rebooted went back into bios and disabled marvell lan and enabled nvidia lan. booted up xp and connected nvidia lan to the cable modem - still no luck. again, network connections says a cable is unplugged.
finally i went back into the bios, enabled both lans, booted up xp and connected two ethernet cables from my router to both lan ports. success! this is the only way i am able to get online.
my question is why? i know there must be some way to get online my by connecting to only one lan port. why do i have to connect both? can someone please provide some assistance for me in clearing up this perplexing problem? thanks in advance.
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