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Gineer
Asked: 2010-01-16 01:45:48 +0800 CST

Network adapter drops connection when windows starts

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I have a bit of an issue that is just frustrating me.

When I turn my notebook on with the network cable plugged in, the link lights above the port flash happily, until windows starts up. As soon as windows starts up the lights simlpy turn off and windows reports that the cable is unplugged.

More interestingly, if I go to device manager and disable the Local Area Connection, the lights start flashing again, but when I enable it, the lights stop.

We have tried re-installing drivers, different network cables etc. We have also confirmed that the network cables work by plugging them into different machines / devices (IP Phone).

This seems to be happening in one building of our company where I am now. When I plug my machine back into the network at my normal desk, it works fine.

The Administrators assure me that they do not do anything on the switches and the like that would stop me from connecting to the network from any available port.

Could this be a policy setting? I've tried turning off the ability for windows to power down the device when it's not in use, with no effect.

Any ideas would be welcome.

Thanks

Gineer

networking local-area-network nic

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Two quickies,

    • what about speed? is your card a gigabit ethernet? is the switch where it's connected to forcing a certain speed without duplex negotiation?
    • have you tried running a live linux distro? This might help ruling out any hardware or location issue
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