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    Network cable unplugged

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by monkie, Jul 10, 2006.

  1. monkie

    monkie Notebook Enthusiast

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    I got my asus w7j exactly a week ago. By th way, very very happy with it.
    I reinstalled windows on the same day I got it, set everything up and everything worked perfectly for a week.
    I had it connected to my wired network and everything worked great.

    Starting today, all of a sudden I started getting "network cable unplugged" for my LAN connection and losing my connection, but I only lose my connection on my laptop. It doesn't randomly drop either, it just won't connect. Well I have tried everything. I tested the cable in my desktop, worked fine. I tried my desktop cable in my laptop, same "network cable unplugged" error. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the NIC drivers off the ASUS site and the Realtex site. I searched google and tried settings in my router like disabling UnUP and changing the link speed and duplex mode. nothing has worked.
    I can ping localhost with a reply.
    for ipconfig it just say media disconnected.

    so the info:

    D-Link DI-704UP router
    Realtek RTL8168/8111 NIC
    XP Pro on laptop, my desktop, and my sisters laptop and XP home on my dad's desktop.
    I can pick up wireless networks and I have tried with to connect through LAN with wireless off.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have been at this for a few hours now and just can not think of anything else to do short of bringing it back and replacing the NIC. I don't want to lose sleep on this. :(

    Thanks alot
     
    monkie, Jul 10, 2006
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  2. KimizChamp

    KimizChamp Notebook Geek

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    Did you check for spyware / malware?
     
    KimizChamp, Jul 10, 2006
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  3. monkie

    monkie Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yeah I did. It's back up now. Hopefully it won't happen too often. thanks for the reply. Strange.
     
    monkie, Jul 10, 2006
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  4. drumfu

    drumfu super modfu

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    were you on battery? sometimes, your NIC will have a power saving feature that disables it on battery.
     
    drumfu, Jul 11, 2006
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