home networking

[Sean]

I'll start with the basics. I've got an epox 8rda3+
motherboard, radion 9800 vid/card, AMD 3200 proc. My
motherboard has two lan connections in back. One is
connected to a cable modem( no problems there... it's
working) and the other is linked to my wife's computer via
an ethernet cable. My computer wont register on a
network... we're both running windows XP. it says her
connection is disconnected... local area connection is
unplugged Netgear fast ethernet connection adapter. Now if
I unplug the network connection to her computer @ my
cumputer and plug it into the cable modem then the
connection works and everything is fine, but if I plug it
back into mine then the connection fails. Does anyone have
an idea of what might be going on?? Any help would be
greatly appreciated!!!!!!!! Thanks!

Sean

[Kadaitcha Man]

Sean wrote:
> it says ... local area connection is
> unplugged Netgear fast ethernet connection adapter. Now if
> I unplug the network connection to her computer @ my
> cumputer and plug it into the cable modem then the
> connection works and everything is fine, but if I plug it
> back into mine then the connection fails.

Check your hardware and cabling.

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[rifleman]

In ,
Sean > typed:
> I'll start with the basics. I've got an epox 8rda3+
> motherboard, radion 9800 vid/card, AMD 3200 proc. My
> motherboard has two lan connections in back. One is
> connected to a cable modem( no problems there... it's
> working) and the other is linked to my wife's computer via
> an ethernet cable. My computer wont register on a
> network... we're both running windows XP. it says her
> connection is disconnected... local area connection is
> unplugged Netgear fast ethernet connection adapter. Now if
> I unplug the network connection to her computer @ my
> cumputer and plug it into the cable modem then the
> connection works and everything is fine, but if I plug it
> back into mine then the connection fails. Does anyone have
> an idea of what might be going on?? Any help would be
> greatly appreciated!!!!!!!! Thanks!
>
> Sean

is the cable between your machine and your wife's machine a cross-over
cable?

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