Unplugged Cable/Media Disconnected

I have a Dell laptop. At office I connect to the network through a
cable, while at home I connect through the wireless option (Linksys).
It's been working fine for over a year.

I am now at a new location. The router here is ProNet. I have no
problems connecting through wireless, however when I plug in the cable
I get a message saying "a network cable is unplugged". I've checked
the cables, they are ok. I've even plugged the cable from the laptop
to the modem directly but continue to get the same error.

I did an :ipconfig /all" and it showed me both the wireless card and
the regular NIC. It says "media disconnected" for the regular NIC.

Any sugestions on how I could resolve this problem.

Thank you.

Shenan
Wed Jun 11 00:23:36 CDT 2008

trike1 wrote:
> I have a Dell laptop. At office I connect to the network through a
> cable, while at home I connect through the wireless option
> (Linksys). It's been working fine for over a year.
>
> I am now at a new location. The router here is ProNet. I have no
> problems connecting through wireless, however when I plug in the
> cable I get a message saying "a network cable is unplugged". I've
> checked the cables, they are ok. I've even plugged the cable from
> the laptop to the modem directly but continue to get the same error.
>
> I did an :ipconfig /all" and it showed me both the wireless card and
> the regular NIC. It says "media disconnected" for the regular NIC.
>
> Any sugestions on how I could resolve this problem.

Assuming the network (wired) actually works for other machines and the wired
on the laptop *doesn't* work elsewhere currently (test it) - it looks like
it is fried on your laptop. Repair it, replace the part in some other way
or replace the laptop.

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Kevin
Mon Jul 07 14:16:27 CDT 2008

There are a few things you can try:
1. One is to completely power off the machine and bring it back up.
2. Try a new cable. (Is the cable a cross-over? It should be straight
through)
3. Disable the adapter in Windows and re-enable it.
4. Remove the NIC drivers and allow them to re-install from Dell.

If all fails - then I would have to bet the NIC has gone bad in the laptop.
That is fairly rare so I would try
all of the above before giving up.

Thanks
"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> trike1 wrote:
>> I have a Dell laptop. At office I connect to the network through a
>> cable, while at home I connect through the wireless option
>> (Linksys). It's been working fine for over a year.
>>
>> I am now at a new location. The router here is ProNet. I have no
>> problems connecting through wireless, however when I plug in the
>> cable I get a message saying "a network cable is unplugged". I've
>> checked the cables, they are ok. I've even plugged the cable from
>> the laptop to the modem directly but continue to get the same error.
>>
>> I did an :ipconfig /all" and it showed me both the wireless card and
>> the regular NIC. It says "media disconnected" for the regular NIC.
>>
>> Any sugestions on how I could resolve this problem.
>
> Assuming the network (wired) actually works for other machines and the
> wired on the laptop *doesn't* work elsewhere currently (test it) - it
> looks like it is fried on your laptop. Repair it, replace the part in
> some other way or replace the laptop.
>
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> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
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>

okimar
Thu Aug 14 21:34:01 CDT 2008

I don't know how old your posting is, but I'm having the same problem. I've
tried everything people have told you to try before looking here for the
answer. If anyone has any other suggestions, I could use some help too!

Shenan
Thu Aug 14 22:08:46 CDT 2008

okimar wrote:
> I don't know how old your posting is, but I'm having the same
> problem. I've tried everything people have told you to try before
> looking here for the answer. If anyone has any other suggestions,
> I could use some help too!

You "Repair[ed] it, replace[d] the part in some other way or replace[d] the
laptop" and are still having the issue?

(In reference to your, "I've tried everything people have told you to try
before looking here for the answer.")

The conversation in its entirety:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.security/browse_frm/thread/311afd94f458307a/511a59a43c1b689c#511a59a43c1b689c

Posted on June 10, 2008.

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okimar
Thu Aug 14 23:50:14 CDT 2008

On Aug 14, 11:08=A0pm, "Shenan Stanley" <newshel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> okimar wrote:
> > I don't know how old your posting is, but I'm having the same
> > problem. =A0I've tried everything people have told you to try before
> > looking here for the answer. =A0If anyone has any other suggestions,
> > I could use some help too!
>
> You "Repair[ed] it, replace[d] the part in some other way or replace[d] t=
he
> laptop" and are still having the issue?
>
> (In reference to your, "I've tried everything people have told you to try
> before looking here for the answer.")
>
> The conversation in its entirety:http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft=
.public.security/browse_frm/t...
>
> Posted on June 10, 2008.
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> =A0 =A0 =A0MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Wayhttp://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-que=
stions.html

I didn't replace the laptop and don't have the money to have it
fixed. I had to settle for going for a USB connection to my cable
modem. (It only cost $6 to get back online that way...)