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Urgent help requested: "Network Cable Unplugged" when it isn't unplugged
Hi there
For 3 months, i have been running an network with my father's computer perfectly, until i tried to search for something on an internet page yesterday morning The page hung internet explorer on my pc and forced me to close the program several times (i should have probably given up after the same thing happened 3 times...) before it was too serious and i had to shutdown my pc to get the thing to respond, sadly, i hibernated it by mistake, rather than doing a forced-shutdown and now my father's pc which is my ICS Gateway is insisting that my network cable is unplugged and is saying that the media state is "Media Unplugged" when i run ipconfig yet my pc is happy and thinks the cable is plugged in and gives an ip address and everything (169.254.40.133) yet i can't ping my machine from my fathers (no response) and i can't ping my fathers (192.168.0.1) from mine ("destination is unreachable" or something similar) Both machines insist that their adaptors are working perfectly (and i hope so as mine is built on to the motherboard...) and yet they both suggest that one of them isn't working (and yes, the cable IS plugged in) Anyone seen where the microsoft online assistance thing has gone? they've been very helpful in the past but don't seem to exist anymore... Thanks Philip Lane |
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Urgent help requested: "Network Cable Unplugged" when it isn'tunplugged
Philip Lane wrote on 20-Sep-2004 1:50 PM:
Hi there For 3 months, i have been running an network with my father's computer perfectly, until i tried to search for something on an internet page yesterday morning The page hung internet explorer on my pc and forced me to close the program several times (i should have probably given up after the same thing happened 3 times...) before it was too serious and i had to shutdown my pc to get the thing to respond, sadly, i hibernated it by mistake, rather than doing a forced-shutdown and now my father's pc which is my ICS Gateway is insisting that my network cable is unplugged and is saying that the media state is "Media Unplugged" when i run ipconfig yet my pc is happy and thinks the cable is plugged in and gives an ip address and everything (169.254.40.133) yet i can't ping my machine from my fathers (no response) and i can't ping my fathers (192.168.0.1) from mine ("destination is unreachable" or something similar) Both machines insist that their adaptors are working perfectly (and i hope so as mine is built on to the motherboard...) and yet they both suggest that one of them isn't working (and yes, the cable IS plugged in) Anyone seen where the microsoft online assistance thing has gone? they've been very helpful in the past but don't seem to exist anymore... Thanks Philip Lane That popup balloon almost always means that there is a hardware issue. Your description sounds like you have your PC plugged directly into the other PC which is acting as your Internet gateway. You need a cross-over cable for this. If you moved things around and picked up the wrong cable, that could be your problem. You can recognize a straight-thru cable because each plug has the wires in the same order. A cross-over cable is obviously not the same wiring order on the plugs. Does either of the LEDs on your adapter plug light up when you plug in the cable? If so, you have some kind of basic hardware connection. If you have a hub/switch in the middle, then you need to debug those cable connections and look at the lights. Of course, your crossover cable could be smushed. Did you pinch it? Did you ram the computer up against the wall and smush the cable against the plug? Is it Tuesday? Is it raining? Is your laundry still hanging out on the line? No, forget that. Let's eliminate all hardware culprits before turning to the software. -- Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows Security |
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Urgent help requested: "Network Cable Unplugged" when it isn't unplugged
Lol! It IS Tuesday but miraculously not raining!
I haven't changed any hardware in months so it's not the cable (yes, it is P2P and yes, i am using x-over). I didn't ram it into the wall (yet) so it's not that BUT neither network adaptor lights up when i plug a cable in to it (though i can't remember if mine even has a light and i can't easily check) and i know it's not switched off as i just flipped a setting yesterday so windows couldn't switch it off... If it were the cable, surely both pcs would report it as being unplugged? Phil Lane -----Original Message----- Philip Lane wrote on 20-Sep-2004 1:50 PM: Hi there For 3 months, i have been running an network with my father's computer perfectly, until i tried to search for something on an internet page yesterday morning The page hung internet explorer on my pc and forced me to close the program several times (i should have probably given up after the same thing happened 3 times...) before it was too serious and i had to shutdown my pc to get the thing to respond, sadly, i hibernated it by mistake, rather than doing a forced-shutdown and now my father's pc which is my ICS Gateway is insisting that my network cable is unplugged and is saying that the media state is "Media Unplugged" when i run ipconfig yet my pc is happy and thinks the cable is plugged in and gives an ip address and everything (169.254.40.133) yet i can't ping my machine from my fathers (no response) and i can't ping my fathers (192.168.0.1) from mine ("destination is unreachable" or something similar) Both machines insist that their adaptors are working perfectly (and i hope so as mine is built on to the motherboard...) and yet they both suggest that one of them isn't working (and yes, the cable IS plugged in) Anyone seen where the microsoft online assistance thing has gone? they've been very helpful in the past but don't seem to exist anymore... Thanks Philip Lane That popup balloon almost always means that there is a hardware issue. Your description sounds like you have your PC plugged directly into the other PC which is acting as your Internet gateway. You need a cross-over cable for this. If you moved things around and picked up the wrong cable, that could be your problem. You can recognize a straight-thru cable because each plug has the wires in the same order. A cross-over cable is obviously not the same wiring order on the plugs. Does either of the LEDs on your adapter plug light up when you plug in the cable? If so, you have some kind of basic hardware connection. If you have a hub/switch in the middle, then you need to debug those cable connections and look at the lights. Of course, your crossover cable could be smushed. Did you pinch it? Did you ram the computer up against the wall and smush the cable against the plug? Is it Tuesday? Is it raining? Is your laundry still hanging out on the line? No, forget that. Let's eliminate all hardware culprits before turning to the software. -- Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows Security . |
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Urgent help requested: "Network Cable Unplugged" when it isn'tunplugged
Philip Lane wrote on 21-Sep-2004 3:19 AM:
Lol! It IS Tuesday but miraculously not raining! I haven't changed any hardware in months so it's not the cable (yes, it is P2P and yes, i am using x-over). I didn't ram it into the wall (yet) so it's not that BUT neither network adaptor lights up when i plug a cable in to it (though i can't remember if mine even has a light and i can't easily check) and i know it's not switched off as i just flipped a setting yesterday so windows couldn't switch it off... If it were the cable, surely both pcs would report it as being unplugged? Not necessarily. You can disable DHCP Media Sense in XP, so that you won't get the balloon. You could also have a fault that disables one adapter in one way and the other adapter in another way. Stop me if I'm being too technical here. Can you try another cross-over cable or temporarily substitute a hub/switch and a couple of straight-thru cables? Also try flipping that setting you changed yesterday back. It might not be doing what you think it be doing. -- Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows Security |
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Urgent help requested: "Network Cable Unplugged" when it isn't unplugged
It was all faulty before i changed that setting but it's
too late now anyway - i'm leaving tomorrow. I'll just have to make-do Thanks for your help -----Original Message----- Philip Lane wrote on 21-Sep-2004 3:19 AM: Lol! It IS Tuesday but miraculously not raining! I haven't changed any hardware in months so it's not the cable (yes, it is P2P and yes, i am using x-over). I didn't ram it into the wall (yet) so it's not that BUT neither network adaptor lights up when i plug a cable in to it (though i can't remember if mine even has a light and i can't easily check) and i know it's not switched off as i just flipped a setting yesterday so windows couldn't switch it off... If it were the cable, surely both pcs would report it as being unplugged? Not necessarily. You can disable DHCP Media Sense in XP, so that you won't get the balloon. You could also have a fault that disables one adapter in one way and the other adapter in another way. Stop me if I'm being too technical here. Can you try another cross-over cable or temporarily substitute a hub/switch and a couple of straight-thru cables? Also try flipping that setting you changed yesterday back. It might not be doing what you think it be doing. -- Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows Security . |
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Urgent help requested: "Network Cable Unplugged" when it isn't unp
Hi Philip
I could be wrong, BUT what i have noticed is, u've said " happy and thinks the cable is plugged in and gives an ip address and everything (169.254.40.133) yet i can't ping my machine from my fathers (no response) and i can't ping my fathers (192.168.0.1) from mine ("destination is unreachable" or something similar) " here i see 2 different network address, 169.254.... and 192.168..... shouldn't both pcs be in the same net. "Philip Lane" wrote: Hi there For 3 months, i have been running an network with my father's computer perfectly, until i tried to search for something on an internet page yesterday morning The page hung internet explorer on my pc and forced me to close the program several times (i should have probably given up after the same thing happened 3 times...) before it was too serious and i had to shutdown my pc to get the thing to respond, sadly, i hibernated it by mistake, rather than doing a forced-shutdown and now my father's pc which is my ICS Gateway is insisting that my network cable is unplugged and is saying that the media state is "Media Unplugged" when i run ipconfig yet my pc is happy and thinks the cable is plugged in and gives an ip address and everything (169.254.40.133) yet i can't ping my machine from my fathers (no response) and i can't ping my fathers (192.168.0.1) from mine ("destination is unreachable" or something similar) Both machines insist that their adaptors are working perfectly (and i hope so as mine is built on to the motherboard...) and yet they both suggest that one of them isn't working (and yes, the cable IS plugged in) Anyone seen where the microsoft online assistance thing has gone? they've been very helpful in the past but don't seem to exist anymore... Thanks Philip Lane |
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