StraightPipe
Golden Member
Ok, so I'm trying to set up my gigabit lan, I've got 2 1000mb NIC's and 2 100mb nic's in each PC. MY new system (running XP) recognised the card, installed the card, and can use the new connection fine.
my old system (win98) recognised the card and installed it, but the card wont light up when cables are plugged in, I've tried using cables that are known to work, and linking them to my router that also is working, but stll no lights on that giga nic.
just so ya know I have 6 PC's already on the 100mb network with a router and switch daisy chained to my DSL modem. (this entire network works fine, and is accessable by both PC's)
I'm adding gigabit to my 2 main PC's, my new system has onboard gigabit so i just added a 100nic and it is setup and running the 100 network, it will work through either the orginal giga-nic or the newly installed 100nic. but the old PC is still on the 100 network through its original 100 nic, but the giga-nic seems unresponsive.
I was told I need to run straight cable from nic-to-nic on the gigalan, but that old box's giga-nic wont light up. I even tried to plug it into the 100 network, but no responce.
am I doing something wrong, or do i have a bad card? how can i tell?
Edit: once I figure this out I will want to set up the old box to share files across the gigbit, but not the 100. it needs to stay on the 100 line though in order to access the router->modem->dsl. I was thinking I could go to control panel/networking click on the TCP/IP for the 100nic and disable "file and print sharing" under the bindings tab. would that keep my internet connection on the 100 and let me transfer files to my new PC on th gigabit? I need to figure out how to get this card working first.
my old system (win98) recognised the card and installed it, but the card wont light up when cables are plugged in, I've tried using cables that are known to work, and linking them to my router that also is working, but stll no lights on that giga nic.
just so ya know I have 6 PC's already on the 100mb network with a router and switch daisy chained to my DSL modem. (this entire network works fine, and is accessable by both PC's)
I'm adding gigabit to my 2 main PC's, my new system has onboard gigabit so i just added a 100nic and it is setup and running the 100 network, it will work through either the orginal giga-nic or the newly installed 100nic. but the old PC is still on the 100 network through its original 100 nic, but the giga-nic seems unresponsive.
I was told I need to run straight cable from nic-to-nic on the gigalan, but that old box's giga-nic wont light up. I even tried to plug it into the 100 network, but no responce.
am I doing something wrong, or do i have a bad card? how can i tell?
Edit: once I figure this out I will want to set up the old box to share files across the gigbit, but not the 100. it needs to stay on the 100 line though in order to access the router->modem->dsl. I was thinking I could go to control panel/networking click on the TCP/IP for the 100nic and disable "file and print sharing" under the bindings tab. would that keep my internet connection on the 100 and let me transfer files to my new PC on th gigabit? I need to figure out how to get this card working first.
