06-30-2008, 06:49 PM
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 Re: Problem with network(card)?
"Lord Turkey Cough" wrote in message
news:BOhak.172974$NN3.20750@newsfe08.ams2...
> Hi, I am not to sure where to start but here goes.
>
> I while back I bought a realtek network card for and old computer to
> connect it to my new computer which runs XP, the new computer already had
> a network card but I had to buy and fit one for the old one which runs
> windows98, it was a bit of a struggle installing it, it was a ,
> I had problems getting the right driver but I got there in the end
> (somehow) and eventually managed to conect my two computers so I could
> share files etc.
>
> Anyway I stopped using that computer but I tried to use it again recently.
> I had a few problems, one of the drives (slave) was not working and I
> booted up with just the master (I thought that had failed at that point
> too).
> Anyway, I think it said something that it could not find drivers for the
> network card or something like that, but I kind of ignored it and booted
> up and tried to connect the two computers as before via a 'cross-over'
> cable.
> It did not seem to work as before, I could not see the old computer from
> my new computer (view network or whatever) however it recogises a
> connection and if I unplug the cable from the the old computer or switch
> it off it reports a network connection as missing or something like that
> "local area conection" "A network cable is unplugged" is the exact message
> actually.
> I plug it back in and it says "local area connection speed 100 MPS
> status connected."
> It says all that on the new computer, the XP but it says nothing on the
> old one, the win98 one which has the realtec card i bought in.
>
> It does not seem to know much about the card at all in fact, I seem to
> remember it used to be listed in System - Device Manager, but it does not
> seem to be there anymore.
>
> I seem to remember it being listed there with yellow mark by it when it
> had the wrong drivers, maybe in 'network adaptors' I can't remember too
> well. Eventually I sorted out the drivers and it worked.
>
> I think possibly what might have happened is that I put the drivers on
> the slave drive which now longer there as it is broken,
>
> If I click on - control panel - network, it says the following componets
> are installed, one of them is Realtek RTL8129, it comes up twice I think.
> Note it is not quite RTL8139D.
>
> Anyway can anyone give me any advice?
>
> Is my card working?
>
> Should it be listed in the device manager?
>
> If so why is it not there?
>
> Did I maybe tell it to ignore the card at some point?
>
> I tried taking out the card and putting it back in, rebooting with no card
> in between, but it never said new hardware detected.
>
> Incidently when I first booted up (after not using the computer for along
> time) I think it did say new hardware detect and maybe that it could not
> find the drivers, I am not sure, I ignored that message at that point, but
> I thouogh it odd.
> Maybe could not find the drivers because a driver was missing but I though
> it could have copied them into the system folder anyway.
>
> Help!!!
>
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