re: Network Cable Unplugged - Possible solution.
Friday, February 25, 2005 at 6:25 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Billy Shears
(6 messages posted)
Firstly, thanks for the response. :)
I tried disabling the UPnP thing, didn't do any good unfortunately. I really hope
I don't have to end up replacing the router. Other people's routers work, I'm just
wondering what's different between theirs and mine. We've already replaced the modem,
and we're just getting tired of it at this point, having tried so many remedies.
Also, if I remember correctly, we had a Linksys router, switched to Netgear because
the internet would be down for long periods of time (not the kind of problem I'm
having now), still got the problems, went back to Linksys, and now am having this
problem. Not sure if we'll get the old one again or not if we switch to another
one.
Thanks for the help, any more help would be much appreciated. ;)
On Friday, February 25, 2005 at 2:54 pm, Dwayne O wrote:
>Hello all... I have a bit more information to add to this "network cable unplugged"
>issue. First, contrary to my previous post, Im not convinced that this error could
>be due to a "dirty connection", at least on my computer. Reason being: my computer
>worked fine when plugged directly into the modem... Its only when the router is
in
>the loop that the problem exists.
>
>Moving forward, I tried setting the ADVANCED settings for my NIC card to 100BaseTX
>FULL_DUPLEX rather than "Auto Sense". This did NOT fix the problem on my machine...
>
>I finally broke down and called D-Link tech support.. After a long wait, I finally
>talked to the tech there who recommended that I disable "UPnP" (universal plug and
>play) and "Gaming Mode". The UPnP mode supposedly allows your router to be plug
and
>play compatable, but, PnP doesnt always work well, especially with older systems
>and NICs. Upon disabling the above mentioned options, I noticed something interesting.
>Before the change, when I would sign into MSN messenger, the computer "hung" for
>a short period of time (ie, i could not minimize or move the MSN window). After
a
>few seconds things resumed normally. However, after disabling the UPnP and Gaming
>Mode options, MSN messenger does NOT exhibit this "hanging" and works perfectly.
>I have also not had a "network cable unplugged" message since the change. Although
>I am not yet totally convinced that this has solved the problem due the fact that
>the network cable unplugged error is so intermittant, it may be something for you
>to try.
>
>I will wait a few days to see if the problem has truly gone away and let you know...
>
>Info: D-Link DI-624 router, firmware 2.50, Windows XP SP2.
>
>Dwayne
>
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