Faulty Network Card

I had previously posted about not being able to get an internet
connection out of either my wireless or LAN connection, but I got the
wireless internet working yesterday. I still cannot get the LAN port to
read the ethernet cable when I plug it into my laptop. I installed the
drivers from Dell's website, so I know the drivers are correct. I have
also tried uninstalling/reinstalling the drivers, but that too is not
the problem. I then tried uninstalling teh drivers and letting windows
find the correct driver for the card. After installing the driver this
was, I still cannot get any connection out of my LAN port. I have no
idea what is wrong and have run out of ideas to fix it. Any help is
appreciated, Thanks




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gravy2008

gravy2008 wrote:

>
> I had previously posted about not being able to get an internet
> connection out of either my wireless or LAN connection, but I got the
> wireless internet working yesterday. I still cannot get the LAN port to
> read the ethernet cable when I plug it into my laptop. I installed the
> drivers from Dell's website, so I know the drivers are correct. I have
> also tried uninstalling/reinstalling the drivers, but that too is not
> the problem. I then tried uninstalling teh drivers and letting windows
> find the correct driver for the card. After installing the driver this
> was, I still cannot get any connection out of my LAN port. I have no
> idea what is wrong and have run out of ideas to fix it. Any help is
> appreciated, Thanks

Possibilities:

1. Faulty ethernet network adapter in computer. If a laptop, contact Dell.
If a desktop, uninstall it and swap it out for a known-working PCI network
adapter. They are cheap.

2. Faulty ethernet cable. Swap it out for a known-working one.

3. Faulty router. First try in a different port. If no joy, try a different
router.

I would do the above in the order of #2, #1, and then #3.

Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Hi
After few days of hard work, you should consider taking your computer to a
computer technician.
They have spare cards with working drivers and can find what the problem is
on your specific compute.
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)

"gravy2008" <gravy2008.2e654f5@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
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>
> I had previously posted about not being able to get an internet
> connection out of either my wireless or LAN connection, but I got the
> wireless internet working yesterday. I still cannot get the LAN port to
> read the ethernet cable when I plug it into my laptop. I installed the
> drivers from Dell's website, so I know the drivers are correct. I have
> also tried uninstalling/reinstalling the drivers, but that too is not
> the problem. I then tried uninstalling teh drivers and letting windows
> find the correct driver for the card. After installing the driver this
> was, I still cannot get any connection out of my LAN port. I have no
> idea what is wrong and have run out of ideas to fix it. Any help is
> appreciated, Thanks
>
>
>
>
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> gravy2008