Two Problems

[masquerader]

My LAN network card is not detected at times. I have worked around this problem by logging off and logging in again until it shows up. I need a permanent solution to this. (I have already tried switching ports (PCI slots) and detecting hardware changes etc.)

The Card is a Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC (It is 10/100 Mbps)

The next problem I have is that of my firewire card. Though the card is installed the device manager displays a yellow caution symbol next to it.
It is listed under IEEE 1394 bus host controllers as 'VIA OHCI compliant IEEE 1394 host controller'.

Is'nt it supposed to list under network adaptors? How do I go about it.

I'm relatively not so tech savvy and would appreciate a detailed methodology or steps to be taken. Thanks in advance

[johnwill]

Please supply the following info, exact make and models of the equipment please.

The name of your ISP and country of residence.
Make/model of the broadband modem. If dial-up, please specify.
Make/model of the router (if any).
Connection type, wired, wireless.
If wireless, encryption used, (WEP, WPA, WPA2, etc.)
Make/model of network card or wireless adapter.
Make/model of your computer (motherboard if home-built).
Version and patch level of Windows on all affected machines, i.e. XP-Home (or XP-Pro), SP2.

Also, please give an exact description of your problem symptoms, including the exact text of any error messages.

[masquerader]

Hey Johnwill,

Here are the details you've asked for -

ISP - BSNL from India
Make/Model of Modem - UTStarcom/UTStar ADSL +2 Router/Modem (ISP provided)
Connection - Wired through landline
Make/Model of Netwk card - Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC
Make/Model of Computer - Home-built with an Intel Pentium 4 Processor
Motherboard is Intel with 845 MV chipset and uses 256
RDRAM

[johnwill]

What appears in Device Manager under Network Adapters?


Let's also see this:

Start, Run, CMD to open a command prompt:

Type the following command:

IPCONFIG /ALL

Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter.
Paste the results in a message here.

If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here.

[masquerader]

Thanks for the help .... here is the displayed screen

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\RAVI>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : home
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 5:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethe
rnet NIC #4
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 4C-00-10-AC-38-14
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, September 08, 2007 11:07:5
3 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, September 09, 2007 11:07:53
AM

PPP adapter BSNL:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 59.92.193.22
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 59.92.193.22
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 218.248.240.23
218.248.240.135
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

C:\Documents and Settings\RAVI>

Oh and one more thing the motherboard is a D850MV not 845MV as mentioned earlier

The system info displays the following

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name HOME
System Manufacturer D850MV
System Model MV85010A
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 1 Stepping 2 GenuineIntel ~1694 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Intel Corp. MV85010A.86A.0025.P10.0203282158, 3/28/2002
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name HOME\RAVI
Time Zone India Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 256.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 54.64 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 619.64 MB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

[johnwill]

Note that the IEEE-1394 is the firewire port, and has nothing to do with Ethernet networking. Your IPCONFIG appears to be normal and show a good connection to a local router or server. What is the issue you are experiencing?

[masquerader]

Hi Johnwill... thanks for the patience I'm reproducing the post in the thread where i explained my problem

My LAN network card is not detected at times. I have worked around this problem by logging off and logging in again until it shows up. I need a permanent solution to this. (I have already tried switching ports (PCI slots) and detecting hardware changes etc.)

The Card is a Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC (It is 10/100 Mbps)

The next problem I have is that of my firewire card. Though the card is installed the device manager displays a yellow caution symbol next to it.
It is listed under IEEE 1394 bus host controllers as 'VIA OHCI compliant IEEE 1394 host controller'.

[johnwill]

I need to see the IPCONFIG /ALL when it's not working.

In Device Manager, View, Show Hidden Devices. Then I'd uninstall ALL of the stuff under IEEE-1394 controllers and reboot. If that doesn't resolve the Firewire issue, reload the chipset drivers for your motherboard.