antareus 0 Posted August 13, 2001 Win2k Pro SP2 ASUS A7V TBird 800 AGP slot: GF2 GTS PCI #1: empty PCI #2: empty PCI #3: SB Live (3300a drivers) PCI #4: Linksys HPNA 2.0 adapter PCI #5: Linksys 10/100 NIC HPNA = home phoneline networking. 10mbps over the two unused copper pairs of traditional phone wiring. I've got my family's computer running Win98 downstairs with ICS through a dialup modem. It works well except after extended use, my HPNA NIC loses the connection for a second - it says "Network cable unplugged" near the tray for a couple of seconds, and then it gets the connection back. Usually it can recover, sometimes it doesn't. If I turn the 98 machine off, it says cable unplugged as well, since it's a peer to peer network. Is it something with the PCI latency on this computer, or just 98 fubar'ing up? Share this post Link to post
Dirty Harry 0 Posted August 13, 2001 Can't promise that this solves your problem with HPNA but this worked for me: The occasional but extremely annoying "network cable unplugged" blip was caused by the NIC:s auto determination of the Networks speed (10/100). After going into the Device Manager / properties and changing the speed setting from Auto to a fixed value (100) the balloons popped for good. If you have a slower LAN set the speed lower. You have to do this on all NICs. H. Share this post Link to post
shassouneh 0 Posted August 13, 2001 to releive your self from many headaches, you may wanna give 3COM a try. They make excellent network cards. I have never had any problems with them. Check it out!!! Good luck :-) Share this post Link to post
