cnet onboard nic probs

jbirdie1 · 06-01-2006, 03:42 AM

a friend has lost the ability to get online...i went by and did some preliminary work to see what the prob is - reinstalled the driver, did a system rapair, checked bios to insure it hadnt been disabled, all checked out ok but no access...in 1 hour of banging away at it there had only been 29 packets sent and 19 rec'd. that tells me to look at the onboard nic - cnet pro200wl (provided by dell computer).i am having the isp run some tests on the line then i am seriously thinking of doing the following and need to have this idea "blessed". i want to figure out how to disconnect the on board device and install a real nic card in a pci slot...is this idea sound and where can i find additional info about the mechanics of such a venture> tkz for your help, aloha

Zazula · 06-01-2006, 04:02 AM

The onboard nic is typically enabbled / disabled thru Bios.

Zazula · 06-01-2006, 04:03 AM

Can you run ipconfig /all and post results?

06-01-2006, 03:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
jbirdie1 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 74 OS: winxp	cnet onboard nic probs a friend has lost the ability to get online...i went by and did some preliminary work to see what the prob is - reinstalled the driver, did a system rapair, checked bios to insure it hadnt been disabled, all checked out ok but no access...in 1 hour of banging away at it there had only been 29 packets sent and 19 rec'd. that tells me to look at the onboard nic - cnet pro200wl (provided by dell computer).i am having the isp run some tests on the line then i am seriously thinking of doing the following and need to have this idea "blessed". i want to figure out how to disconnect the on board device and install a real nic card in a pci slot...is this idea sound and where can i find additional info about the mechanics of such a venture> tkz for your help, aloha

06-01-2006, 04:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
Zazula Manager Emeritus, I'm blond, James Blond Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 7,667 OS: Win XP Pro SP2	The onboard nic is typically enabbled / disabled thru Bios. __________________ "Time is the wisest because it discovers everything" Thales of Miletus (ca.624BC-ca.546BC) "Everything flows, nothing stands still." Heraclitus of Ephesus (ca.535BC-475BC) "One thing I know, that I know nothing" Socrates of Athens (ca.470BC–399BC)

06-01-2006, 04:03 AM	#3 (permalink)
Zazula Manager Emeritus, I'm blond, James Blond Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 7,667 OS: Win XP Pro SP2	Can you run ipconfig /all and post results? __________________ "Time is the wisest because it discovers everything" Thales of Miletus (ca.624BC-ca.546BC) "Everything flows, nothing stands still." Heraclitus of Ephesus (ca.535BC-475BC) "One thing I know, that I know nothing" Socrates of Athens (ca.470BC–399BC)