cable unplugged

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Hello,

I am trying to network my 2 pc's (one is ME and one is XP Pro)

My NIC crads are installed and both device managers say that they are
working fine. The cards are "3COM 3C905TX Based Ethernet adapter's"... The
ME Machine is fine but the XP machine comes up with the icon in the system
tray saying "Network Cable Unplugged" but the cable is plugged in and
working fine!

Does anyone have any ideas what is going on?

All help will be appreciated...

Thanks,

Nathan.
 
N.Paterson said:
Hello,

I am trying to network my 2 pc's (one is ME and one is XP Pro)

My NIC crads are installed and both device managers say that they are
working fine. The cards are "3COM 3C905TX Based Ethernet adapter's"... The
ME Machine is fine but the XP machine comes up with the icon in the system
tray saying "Network Cable Unplugged" but the cable is plugged in and
working fine!

Does anyone have any ideas what is going on?

All help will be appreciated...

Thanks,

Nathan.
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What do the lights on the hub (or switch) say?

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My NIC crads are installed and both device managers say that they
are working fine. The cards are "3COM 3C905TX Based Ethernet
adapter's"... The ME Machine is fine but the XP machine comes up
with the icon in the system tray saying "Network Cable Unplugged"
but the cable is plugged in and working fine!
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If you are directly connecting two computers (i.e. without hub or
router), are you using a special cross-cable?

If that's not the problem, then use the control panel or device manager
to fix the link speed and duplex at each end to be the same. Usually
10/100-Base-T NICs default to "Autodetect" which doesn't always work
well in this configuration.

Good Luck,
John
 
I am using a cross-over cable but no joy!!! Just keep getting the message
"Network Cable Unplugged"!
very annoying,
help appreciated!

Thanks,

Nathan.
 
N.Paterson said:
I am using a cross-over cable but no joy!!! Just keep getting the message
"Network Cable Unplugged"!
very annoying,
help appreciated!

Thanks,

Nathan.
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Have you tried just a basic straight-through cable?

Just as a test to see if the cable you are using is the incorrect one.

Matt
 
yes tried a straight through cable and keep getting the same message "cable
unplugged"!!!!

Nathan.
 
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