>I'm having similar problems over the past few weeks.  I have an Intel Anypoint 10MB 
>PCI NIC (Broadcom under the skin, I think), and am *constantly* getting intermittent 
>"A network cable is unplugged" balloons.  (Then the connection comes back momentarily.) 
>Never had this until a few weeks ago.  
>- My first thought was the NIC was flaking out, so I bought a new one, but still 
>the same results. 
>- I re-installed the NIC into another PCI slot, no help. 
>- I replace the RJ11 cable between the NIC and the wall jack.
>- I uninstalled and re-installed the drivers (including the Anypoint "cleandrv" 
utility), 
>still no help.
>
>The only thing I can think of that's changed in my environment recently is the addition 
>of another telephone on my home phone system... I have a lot of phones.  Is there 
>any possibility that "too many phones" would cause a network connection to drop 
out 
>intermittently?
>
>I don't suspect the actual wires in the wall; the telephone connected out of the 
>Anypoint NIC works fine. 
>
>I have 3 other Anypoint devices in the house and none of them are having any trouble.
>
>Thanks for any advice.
>Michael Weiland
>






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re: Network Cable Unplugged (MWeiland: Thursday, September 18, 2003 at 6:59 pm)


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re: Network Cable Unplugged (MWeiland: Saturday, October 11, 2003 at 5:34 am)
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