Network card trouble

[Cheesemoo]

also posted in networking....


ok here goes. i have 2 computers networked at home. i am using a netgear RT314 router. and both have Linksys NC100 Fast Ethernet 10/100 NICs. i recently did a format and reinstall of WIN 98 se, on one of them. the last thing i have to install is the network card. everytime i install the NIC. it shows up in network properties, the network is up and running, everything looks fine, but it doesnt show up in winipcfg. so no internet access. i have tried using different NICs ( 3 in all) and none work. all 3 NICs work fine on my main rig though. so i dont think its the NICs. i have tried tech support from Cox cable and Linksys and no one knows whats up. any ideas ??????

thanks.

cheese out.

 

[Cheesemoo]

^^^ anyone???

 

[Beau]

I doubt this is the problem, but I have had problems with the Netgear router... ports just blow-out without a warning or reason.

Do your lights on the back of your NIC and your router come on?

 

[Cheesemoo]

yes all the lights work fine. on the cards and the router. its not the cards, i have tried all three on my main computer. and i have put my main comptuer on all my router ports. everthing works fine. when i have both computers with installed NICs the network works fine. the only prob is internet access on my second computer. when i try and pull up the netwrok card in winipcfg.exe it only shows the PPP adapter, no network card. i have reinstalled the network cards too many times to count. i have tried them in all the open PCI slots to no avail. the interesting thing is that there were no problems before the reinstall of windows. i am clueless.

thanks for the help

 

[SaturnX]

Check your Network Properties, and make sure you have the TCP/IP Protocol bounded to the Ethernet adapter.

--Mark

 

[Cheesemoo]

<< Check your Network Properties, and make sure you have the TCP/IP Protocol bounded to the Ethernet adapter.

--Mark >>



yes i do,