Network troubles

[Rohan]

Hi all,

I can't seem to get my onboard LAN working on my Epox 8RDA+.

I tried changing the MAC address through the bios as suggested elsewhere on this forum, but no luck. All I ever get from it is "Network cable is unplugged", whether it is or not. I have a Realtek 10mbps PCI four port hub, so I'm okay, but my brother has an MSI K7N2G, and I'd like to be able to use the bigger bandwith afforded by the onboard ports.

The only time I got it working (and by working I mean it didn't say the cable was unplugged) was when I hooked up the onboard port to the pci card. Strange.

[timbob2469]

Rohan,
First off, welcome. Now, are you sure that you aren't trying to use a crossover cable to make that connection to the hub ? Where are you trying to get hooked up to the bigger bandwidth, to your brothers pc ? In that case you would need a crossover cable. It is not too difficult to tell if it is that type, just use a magnifier and compare the cable endclips, look through the clear shielding, a straight thru cable will match wire for wire, color for color. A crossover type will have 2 different on one end.
Bob
ps. You are going to get that "network cable unplugged" notification, unless you are hooked up to an active connection.

[Rohan]

Thanks for the nice welcome, Timbob!

I checked and it is indeed a crossover cable. This cable is roughly twenty feet long and runs into the room opposite my own.

I have another, smaller cable that I use whenever a friend brings his up, and that never works with the onboard port either.

The first cable has to be crossover, because my brother also has an nForce2 (MSI K7N2G) and he uses his onboard port with no problems.

I've tried numerous bios updates, but to no avail. I just can't figure it out.

[robbie]

Do you have a spare network card?!?! Maybe go into the bios and disable the onboard and see if a PCI one works.

I've managed to kill my onboard nic I think. I accidently bumped the power cord for my system and when I turned it back on the nic wouldn't work anymore. doesn't matter now cuz I run a wireless nic)

Hope that helps.
Rob

[Rohan]

I already have a 4-port PCI hub, a Realtek 8029(AS). I use the cable with that and have no trouble, it's just that the hub is 10mbps, rather than the 100mbps offered by the onboard port.

[shadowdr]

I am assuming that you allready unpluged your modem for 2 minutes so that it would send for a new address?

[Rohan]

Er... no?