Can't assign IP address after moving NIC to different PCI slot

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Martijn

I moved my RealTek 8139 NIC to a different slot because I could not
send big files over the peer to peer network.

However Windows installs the NIC as RealTek Ethernet Adapter #2 and
when I try to enter the IP addresss in Network/Dial Up Connection I
get a screen that informs me that that IP address belongs to RealTek
Ethernet Adapter which was removed. If I then say that that is OK it
doesn't connect to the network because it seems to be waiting for the
removed Ethernet card.

How do I remove the settings of the first install of the NIC so I can
set up the old IP address without having to specify a new one?
 
Go to Device Manager, menu View turn on Show hidden devices. Try to delete
the first adapter there.
If that isn't possible, open up a commandbox and type
set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1
Go back to Device Manager, Turn on Show hidden devices and now you'll see a
dimmned adapter which you can remove.

Marina
 
So that's how to do it. Now, why did MS decide not to make it an
'accessible' option?
Rhetorical question.
Dave
 
Why don't you just assign a new IP Address to the card in
its new location?

Aloha,
Miles
 
"Local Area Connection #" or "Adapter #" tells me that you have most likely
inserted, re-inserted, moved, swapped, your NIC card across various PCI
slots. That's a no-no. If you plan to move/remove a card, delete it from
Device Manager first.

The "Set DEVMGR..." along with "View Hidden Devices" trick may not work for
you. It didn't for me. The 'phantom' NIC card wasn't really hidden. 'Non-
present' may indicate 'yanked', maybe not.

You've got half of your networking subsystem wanting to access a now
phantom card and the other half accessing the current card in the current
PCI slot.

It's going to be messy getting the extra Local Area Connections and/or the
extra Adapters cleaned out of your registry.

I have an article that might point you in the right direction.

http://www.sacpcug.org/archives/0303/tech0303.pdf

I don't know if any of the various registry cleaners will find and clean
references to removed hardware.

If you are *real lucky*, delete this instance of the network card from the
Device Manager. Then put it back in the original PCI slot. *Hopefully*,
Win2000 will re-engage the first Connection/Adapter which you can then
delete from the Device Manager. THEN, put it in the PCI slot you want and
re-install the drivers.

Brian Smither


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