switching from wireless to wired

THEOILMAN · 01-05-2006, 10:53 PM

I need some help here, I'm still useing my wireless router (D-link di-524) and when I run the cat-5 from the wired ports and to the ethernet plug on my motherboard it's not detecting it. When i pull out my wireless card and go to "my network places" I have local area network 5 (not detected) and network bridge. What is this network bridge? My motherboard says it has gigLAN, could this be the problem not being able to connect to the 10/100 router, what am i doing wrong?

**johnwill** · 01-06-2006, 02:01 PM

Uninstall the network bridge, and it'll probably start working. :)

THEOILMAN · 01-06-2006, 04:38 PM

I unistalled network bridge and it still says network cable unplugged for local area network 5, what should I try next?

**johnwill** · 01-07-2006, 08:35 AM

TCP/IP stack repair options for use with Windows XP with SP2.

For these commands, Start, Run, CMD to open a command prompt.

Reset WINSOCK entries to installation defaults: netsh winsock reset catalog

Reset TCP/IP stack to installation defaults. netsh int ip reset reset.log

THEOILMAN · 01-08-2006, 12:06 AM

I reset those and it still says local area network 5 cable unplugged, do you have a link so I check things step by step, i feel like im missing somthing really obvious and i'm just wasting your time.

**johnwill** · 01-08-2006, 07:11 AM

The gigabit NIC should have no trouble talking to 10/100 devices. I have a number of different combinations here, they all play nice together.

The most obvious issues at this point are drivers for the MB, bad cable, bad NIC, or a bad port on the router.

You can change ports on the router, and try a new cable. If neither of those work, my next step would be to stick a cheap Ethernet NIC into the machine and eliminate the hardware and drivers.

THEOILMAN · 01-09-2006, 08:59 PM

is there any thing special setup required to use the nvidia drivers, On both my router and back of my computer i see a blinking led, it blinks very slowly though, not like an active connection, I would try a nic, but i don't have any spares lyring around, and I don't have much money right now, and I won't for a while. This is what my motherboard book says about the LAN (Biostar N4SLI-A9)
"Gigabit Ethernet LAN
-Nvidia Gigabit MAC + Vitesse Gigabit PHY Vsc8201
-Supports 10Mb/s, 100Mb/s, and 1GB/s Auto-negotiation
-Half/Full duplex capability
Supports personal Firewall setup
Supports ACPI power management
Security
Nvidia Network Management
-Remote access, configuration, monitoring
-Command line interface (CLI)
-WMI scripts
Nvidia Firewall technology
-Native firewall solution, protects the PC from intuders by filtering unauthorized traffic."
Could it be that some of these saftey features are keeping me from connecting to the router?

**johnwill** · 01-10-2006, 01:07 PM

You need to load the motherboard drivers, then the NIC drivers.

01-05-2006, 10:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
THEOILMAN Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 14 OS: XP	switching from wireless to wired I need some help here, I'm still useing my wireless router (D-link di-524) and when I run the cat-5 from the wired ports and to the ethernet plug on my motherboard it's not detecting it. When i pull out my wireless card and go to "my network places" I have local area network 5 (not detected) and network bridge. What is this network bridge? My motherboard says it has gigLAN, could this be the problem not being able to connect to the 10/100 router, what am i doing wrong?

01-06-2006, 02:01 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	Uninstall the network bridge, and it'll probably start working. :) __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

01-07-2006, 08:35 AM	#4 (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	TCP/IP stack repair options for use with Windows XP with SP2. For these commands, Start, Run, CMD to open a command prompt. Reset WINSOCK entries to installation defaults: netsh winsock reset catalog Reset TCP/IP stack to installation defaults. netsh int ip reset reset.log __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

01-08-2006, 07:11 AM	#6 (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	The gigabit NIC should have no trouble talking to 10/100 devices. I have a number of different combinations here, they all play nice together. The most obvious issues at this point are drivers for the MB, bad cable, bad NIC, or a bad port on the router. You can change ports on the router, and try a new cable. If neither of those work, my next step would be to stick a cheap Ethernet NIC into the machine and eliminate the hardware and drivers. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

01-10-2006, 01:07 PM	#8 (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	You need to load the motherboard drivers, then the NIC drivers. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

01-06-2006, 04:38 PM	#3 (permalink)
THEOILMAN Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 14 OS: XP	I unistalled network bridge and it still says network cable unplugged for local area network 5, what should I try next?

01-08-2006, 12:06 AM	#5 (permalink)
THEOILMAN Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 14 OS: XP	I reset those and it still says local area network 5 cable unplugged, do you have a link so I check things step by step, i feel like im missing somthing really obvious and i'm just wasting your time.

01-09-2006, 08:59 PM	#7 (permalink)
THEOILMAN Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 14 OS: XP	is there any thing special setup required to use the nvidia drivers, On both my router and back of my computer i see a blinking led, it blinks very slowly though, not like an active connection, I would try a nic, but i don't have any spares lyring around, and I don't have much money right now, and I won't for a while. This is what my motherboard book says about the LAN (Biostar N4SLI-A9) "Gigabit Ethernet LAN -Nvidia Gigabit MAC + Vitesse Gigabit PHY Vsc8201 -Supports 10Mb/s, 100Mb/s, and 1GB/s Auto-negotiation -Half/Full duplex capability Supports personal Firewall setup Supports ACPI power management Security Nvidia Network Management -Remote access, configuration, monitoring -Command line interface (CLI) -WMI scripts Nvidia Firewall technology -Native firewall solution, protects the PC from intuders by filtering unauthorized traffic." Could it be that some of these saftey features are keeping me from connecting to the router?