I'm running a MSI Neo 4 Platinum SLI motherboard with Windows Media Center Edition 2005 on a system I call "Monolith".
Monolith has two onboard 10/100/1000 NICs; a nforce 4 NIC, and a Marvell NIC.
My nforce NIC is the one I currently use to get online with. In the past, I have used the Marvell for this, with no issue.
What I'm trying to do:
I'd like to use my main computer, Monolith, as a router, essentially.
I want to leave one NIC hooked up to my internet connection, and use the other NIC to attach to a 10/100/1000 switch so I can get my Windows XP Pro box, Stubby, at least some internet accessibility. I hope to eventually run some LAN parties with stubby as the server.
Having one NIC just for LAN usage would be nice as well, so as to not bother jacking with my internet NIC's settings.
The problem: I know my cables are good, and I'm quite certain both NICs are still fine from a hardware standpoint. While booting, or when the Marvell NIC isn't installed, I get physical link light from it. However, once it is installed, I only get a regular intermittent physical link light, and windows says the device is disconnected. The Windows popups saying "a network cable is unplugged" is getting irritating.
Attempts to fix: Reinstalling and disabling/enabling the Marvell NIC does NOT solve the problem. When I tried to update the drivers, Windows said I already had the best drivers for the NIC, so I guess the drivers are current. I tried runnign the Windows Network wizard a few times, but it didn't do anything.
This is really starting to piss me off that Windows is blatantly innaccurate about the NIC being disconnected. Assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Monolith has two onboard 10/100/1000 NICs; a nforce 4 NIC, and a Marvell NIC.
My nforce NIC is the one I currently use to get online with. In the past, I have used the Marvell for this, with no issue.
What I'm trying to do:
I'd like to use my main computer, Monolith, as a router, essentially.
I want to leave one NIC hooked up to my internet connection, and use the other NIC to attach to a 10/100/1000 switch so I can get my Windows XP Pro box, Stubby, at least some internet accessibility. I hope to eventually run some LAN parties with stubby as the server.
Having one NIC just for LAN usage would be nice as well, so as to not bother jacking with my internet NIC's settings.
The problem: I know my cables are good, and I'm quite certain both NICs are still fine from a hardware standpoint. While booting, or when the Marvell NIC isn't installed, I get physical link light from it. However, once it is installed, I only get a regular intermittent physical link light, and windows says the device is disconnected. The Windows popups saying "a network cable is unplugged" is getting irritating.
Attempts to fix: Reinstalling and disabling/enabling the Marvell NIC does NOT solve the problem. When I tried to update the drivers, Windows said I already had the best drivers for the NIC, so I guess the drivers are current. I tried runnign the Windows Network wizard a few times, but it didn't do anything.
This is really starting to piss me off that Windows is blatantly innaccurate about the NIC being disconnected. Assistance would be greatly appreciated.
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