About to kick the thing out of the window

sazzra · 01-03-2006, 01:18 PM

Until Saturday I had 2 PCs connected through a router (not wireless), one running 98 and one running XP. The ISP is Virgin broadband, the router is an Addon 4 port, and all the cables are in place. Can someone give me an idea why the computer running XP says 'cable unplugged' when I open IE, and why the router no longer seems to show any activity (the lights for that PC aren't lit, and the TX/RX lights are dead)? The PC running 98 now won't connect at all, even though the lights are showing it connected on the router. Please help before I dump the things!

**johnwill** · 01-03-2006, 05:10 PM

Well, you're describing a disconnected cable, or perhaps a bad NIC. Since the other computer is also experiencing issues, have you tried connecting one of them directly to the broadband modem bypassing the router? Have you power cycled the modem, router, and machines?

sazzra · 01-03-2006, 06:25 PM

I've connected this PC directly through the modem and (obviously!) have a connection. None of the cables have been disconnected anywhere, and the router appears to be fine (it recognises the one PC but not the other), but I can't get a connection through it, and the TX/RX lights have gone out.

dmybaseballcity · 01-03-2006, 07:08 PM

What you might want to try is dissconecting all the cat5 cables plugged in to your router and then unplug the power to it after you have done that plug the power cord back in and wait about 10 secs then plug the cat5 cabled back in and see what your computer says about that otherwise you might have a bad cat5 cable

**johnwill** · 01-04-2006, 02:20 PM

Try using the port that is working on the router, the fact that the lights don't come on is pointing to either the cable or the port on the router. Since you say the machine connects when wired directly to the modem, we can eliminate the machine and it's NIC. You're running out of suspects.

01-03-2006, 01:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
sazzra Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2 OS: XP	About to kick the thing out of the window Until Saturday I had 2 PCs connected through a router (not wireless), one running 98 and one running XP. The ISP is Virgin broadband, the router is an Addon 4 port, and all the cables are in place. Can someone give me an idea why the computer running XP says 'cable unplugged' when I open IE, and why the router no longer seems to show any activity (the lights for that PC aren't lit, and the TX/RX lights are dead)? The PC running 98 now won't connect at all, even though the lights are showing it connected on the router. Please help before I dump the things!

01-03-2006, 05:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,748 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Well, you're describing a disconnected cable, or perhaps a bad NIC. Since the other computer is also experiencing issues, have you tried connecting one of them directly to the broadband modem bypassing the router? Have you power cycled the modem, router, and machines? __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

01-03-2006, 07:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
dmybaseballcity Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 14 OS: Windows XP Media	What you might want to try is dissconecting all the cat5 cables plugged in to your router and then unplug the power to it after you have done that plug the power cord back in and wait about 10 secs then plug the cat5 cabled back in and see what your computer says about that otherwise you might have a bad cat5 cable __________________ Dustin Yuengling yuengling.net

01-04-2006, 02:20 PM	#5 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,748 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Try using the port that is working on the router, the fact that the lights don't come on is pointing to either the cable or the port on the router. Since you say the machine connects when wired directly to the modem, we can eliminate the machine and it's NIC. You're running out of suspects. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

01-03-2006, 06:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
sazzra Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2 OS: XP	I've connected this PC directly through the modem and (obviously!) have a connection. None of the cables have been disconnected anywhere, and the router appears to be fine (it recognises the one PC but not the other), but I can't get a connection through it, and the TX/RX lights have gone out.