My fix (FYI)
Friday, April 22, 2005 at 7:16 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Jack Yan
(27 messages posted)
Hi everyone:
I believe I may have posted this elsewhere as well, and apologize for any double-ups.
I just want to put this on the record for others to find in case they have the same
problem.
D-Link tech support was great but their solution was to exchange the unit. I eventually
plugged in my laptop and it worked, so I concluded it had to be a set-up thing between
Desktop Computer A and Desktop Computer B, both running XP Home.
I began investigating all the settings again, and strangely, the laptop and computer
A (which could talk to one another) had different things installed under 'This connection
uses the following items'—contrary to the advice I had read. So I knew that the differences
would not be a major problem.
Anyway, I went to Configure the network card on B and a message came up saying that
if I went in, some of my new settings would disappear. This didn't happen with either
A or the laptop, so I knew something was up.
The laptop and the B have the same family of network card, yet under the 'Advanced'
tab, the laptop had 'Link Speed/Duplex Mode' on 'Automatic' (which is what B was
set to).
However, after I set B to '10 Full Mode' ('10 Half Mode' also worked), I could do
everything!
Just for clarity, A has a different type of network card and only has 'Line Speed'
as the sole property under 'Advanced'. It's set on 'TP Half Duplex'.
So there you have it: I went _against_ all the rules, have totally different settings
between the machines, and it all works!
Regards,
Jack
www.jackyan.com
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