Local Area Connection Unresponsive After Wireless Disconnect?

sonnycrockett39 · 05-03-2009, 07:45 AM

Hey All...

Finally got the notion to join the board here!

Have an odd occurrence I've never seen before. On one of the laptops (Dell D630 - XP Pro SP3) in the fleet that I maintain, the Local Area Connection will not respond after you disconnect from a wireless network. It doesn't say it's disabled, and it checks out like it is working perfectly fine in Device Manager. But when you plug a cable in, it doesn't connect...not even an activity light. Status is like it's not connected - "A Network Cable Is Unplugged." If you reboot, it solves the problem...I've never seen this on any machine before, and it's the only machine I have that's doing it. Any ideas? Thanks for all of your help!

**johnwill** · 05-03-2009, 02:42 PM

I'd be looking at driver issues first.

Have you tried connecting it while the wireless connection was active, then disconnecting the wireless connection to see what happens?

05-03-2009, 07:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
sonnycrockett39 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 1 OS: XP Pro - SP3	Local Area Connection Unresponsive After Wireless Disconnect? Hey All... Finally got the notion to join the board here! Have an odd occurrence I've never seen before. On one of the laptops (Dell D630 - XP Pro SP3) in the fleet that I maintain, the Local Area Connection will not respond after you disconnect from a wireless network. It doesn't say it's disabled, and it checks out like it is working perfectly fine in Device Manager. But when you plug a cable in, it doesn't connect...not even an activity light. Status is like it's not connected - "A Network Cable Is Unplugged." If you reboot, it solves the problem...I've never seen this on any machine before, and it's the only machine I have that's doing it. Any ideas? Thanks for all of your help!

05-03-2009, 02:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,651 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Local Area Connection Unresponsive After Wireless Disconnect? I'd be looking at driver issues first. Have you tried connecting it while the wireless connection was active, then disconnecting the wireless connection to see what happens? __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience