When I plug the DSL to my ethernet adapter on my computer, it won't connect. I'm not sure if it's a problem with the card itself, but I know it's not a problem with the ISP because 1). I contacted them and they said the connection was fine and 2). it worked when I connected it to the laptop. The reason I'm not sure if it's the NIC is because when I unplug the ethernet cable, the computer KNOWS that the LAN is unplugged.
Thoughts?
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Ingemar - Posts: 2244
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I blame the NIC card for being too cheap. Really. My RealTek NIC does that too; you have to somehow 'adjust' the plug so it works. I have a feeling that the connection between the cable and the NIC isn't very good at all...
Yes, it shows that it's "connected" when the cable's plugged in, but doesn't work at all. It took me few days to figure it out, rewriting my firewall, changing the hardware... but in the end it was just a bad connection.
Hope that helps.
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Yes, it shows that it's "connected" when the cable's plugged in, but doesn't work at all. It took me few days to figure it out, rewriting my firewall, changing the hardware... but in the end it was just a bad connection.
Hope that helps.
[edit] Finally, 1000 posts. Reminds me I've been here too long. Which isn't so bad...
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LorentzForce - Posts: 1263
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LorentzForce - Posts: 1263
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I guess it depends on the RealTek card, though. I have a D-Link 530TX+ which is a 8139(?) based chipset (NetBSD detects it as rtk(4)) in one of my Mac servers -- in fact, the one that used to run the chat when it was MUD-based. While its throughput is not stellar, I haven't had problems with media detection with it. What brand is your card?
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shooraijin - Posts: 9927
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The story of NICs are like this.
If it's better than RealTek, it works solid well. Intel is an example of such chipset.
If it's RealTek, which it usually is, then it works, but is bare minimum at it. Hey, it's cheap, and it works.
It it's worse than RealTek then it's usually one of those completely no-brand NICs that are Windows only and drivers which never works.
Most people have RealTek.
If it's better than RealTek, it works solid well. Intel is an example of such chipset.
If it's RealTek, which it usually is, then it works, but is bare minimum at it. Hey, it's cheap, and it works.
It it's worse than RealTek then it's usually one of those completely no-brand NICs that are Windows only and drivers which never works.
Most people have RealTek.
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LorentzForce - Posts: 1263
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Are you using the AOL program to connect? If not, you have to make sure to configure PPPoE with your username as username@aol.com and not just your regular username.
(I use an AOL connection here, but I will never install AOL's software on my computer.)
(I use an AOL connection here, but I will never install AOL's software on my computer.)
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