Keeps saying Network Cable Unpluffed!

[C G Hodge]

This may not help, I am far from an expert, but a similar
problem occured to me. I think the problem may be due to
a fire-wire adapter (either on the motherboard or on the
graphics card) appearing as a network adapter. Windows XP
(in my case) then installed a bridge between that and the
NIC which caused the computer to constantly report the
network cable as being unplugged. Simply removing the
network bridge. Why this happended and even why a
Firewire adapter may need to a bridge across to a network
is beyond me as is any more passive solution. It worked
in my case though.
>-----Original Message-----
>I've installed a Trident 10/100 Ethernet card, drivers
>were installed and the computer recognized the card but
>it kept reading "Network Cable Unplugged". I tried a
3COM
>3C905TX and installed the drivers (seperate from the
ones
>that XP found and the card was recognized but it also
>read "network cable unplugged". I tried a Linksys WMP11
>wireless connection and of course the drivers - again
the
>computer found the network adapter but again it
>read "Network Cable Unplugged". I swapped out my Mother
>Board for a Gygabyte GA7VAXP that has a Lan Connection
>built onto the Mother Board - guess what - it
>read "Network Cable Unplugged" Everything keeps pointing
>to Windows XP Home, and I have checked and rechecked
>until I'm blue in the face. What do I have to do to get
>this LAN up and running?
>.
>