You should be able to turn off the on-board NIC in you BIOS config. Then buy and install a PCI NIC of your choice. The current Netgear 10-100 NICS are tulip based and should be recognized by kudzu on first boot.Ethernet card is apparently fried, I guess it was just warning me that it was about to die big-time... Problem is this is a Dell 2350 with the BCM4401 on the motherboard. Theoretically shouldn't I be able to buy another card and just use it?
Thanks again for the suggestions, they were spot on! -Curt Stauffer
--On Friday, January 23, 2004 12:22 PM +1000 Scott Burns <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Has the physical cable changed, or any hardware changed in any way? If the cable has changed, is it a cat5e?
The standard response is to slow the connection down to 10mbps half duplex and retest. Then increase to 100mbps half duplex and retest. Then go to 100mbps full duplex and retest. You could stop in at 10mbps full duplex on the way.
If even 10mbps half duplex has problems, let us know.
Mike W
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