Severe connection problem
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Network cards have been known to go bad on occasion. It doesn't matter if they were previously running well. Would it be possible to replace the card with an identical one? Have you tried using a different port on the switch or router? Isolating the problem is always the hardest part of trouble shooting. Phil
Not the network card. Works perfectly like it used to under Knoppix, with the same cables/port/physical config. Argh. Back to the drawing board :(
Paul
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Smart idea, silly I hadn't thought of that; I found an old Knoppix cd lying around and (as I expected) it brings up and holds a fine connection (this is on the original problem box - the Proliant I'd put Win2k on). This backs up my theory that it's Win2k/drivers that are the problem as before the format with precisely the same physical setup the networking on the server was fine. I've tried newest drivers from HP to no avail, I need to install SP though. This will be interesting without networking and a CD-rom drive which cannot read cd-rw's ;P I guess I'll have to waste a cd-r ;P the only thing is that it's kind of a last resort as I cannot see how that will help. I will report back if I solve the hassle, if not, keep the smart ideas flowing! :) Also, thanks very much for all the input so far! (the rest of you also)
Paul
Yeah, going off what you are saying I bet SP4 fixes the problem. I'd be very surprised if it didn't.
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Yeah, going off what you are saying I bet SP4 fixes the problem. I'd be very surprised if it didn't.
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Yeah, going off what you are saying I bet SP4 fixes the problem. I'd be very surprised if it didn't.
Argh. Just installed SP4 - you guessed it, no change.... :( This really sucks. I don't think there's a newer driver to be found as the hardware is really old. NT4 worked - maybe I'll have to go back to using that, but unfortunately that's quite a bit less usable in this situation...
Paul
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Argh. Just installed SP4 - you guessed it, no change.... :( This really sucks. I don't think there's a newer driver to be found as the hardware is really old. NT4 worked - maybe I'll have to go back to using that, but unfortunately that's quite a bit less usable in this situation...
Paul
Who's the card manufacturer? I'm not buying that you cannot run Windows 2000 on it. It's the release right after NT 4.0 so it works somehow. Try deleting the card from the device manager (uninstall it) reboot and let Windows auto-detect a new updated driver for it.
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Who's the card manufacturer? I'm not buying that you cannot run Windows 2000 on it. It's the release right after NT 4.0 so it works somehow. Try deleting the card from the device manager (uninstall it) reboot and let Windows auto-detect a new updated driver for it.
code-frog wrote:
Try deleting the card from the device manager (uninstall it) reboot and let Windows auto-detect a new updated driver for it.
Had already tried that, for the formality I tried again; no go :(( I am considering trying XP for interest sake, though probably the supplied driver is the same... Don't really know what else to do as NT4 isn't really an option (possibly at a push) but as you say, I agree, I also refuse to believe it won't work. It's a Compaq Netelligent 10/100TX PCI Embedded UTP controller (one of those with AUI port).
Paul
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code-frog wrote:
Try deleting the card from the device manager (uninstall it) reboot and let Windows auto-detect a new updated driver for it.
Had already tried that, for the formality I tried again; no go :(( I am considering trying XP for interest sake, though probably the supplied driver is the same... Don't really know what else to do as NT4 isn't really an option (possibly at a push) but as you say, I agree, I also refuse to believe it won't work. It's a Compaq Netelligent 10/100TX PCI Embedded UTP controller (one of those with AUI port).
Paul
If that's a bundled server that came from Compaq then if you went to the Compaq site (now hp.com) you would find the right drivers just by typing in the name of the server in the Software Download section. If you can't then I'm betting if you Google "Compaq Netelligent 10/100 PCI UTP Windows 2000" you'd get good hits.
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code-frog wrote:
Try deleting the card from the device manager (uninstall it) reboot and let Windows auto-detect a new updated driver for it.
Had already tried that, for the formality I tried again; no go :(( I am considering trying XP for interest sake, though probably the supplied driver is the same... Don't really know what else to do as NT4 isn't really an option (possibly at a push) but as you say, I agree, I also refuse to believe it won't work. It's a Compaq Netelligent 10/100TX PCI Embedded UTP controller (one of those with AUI port).
Paul
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If that's a bundled server that came from Compaq then if you went to the Compaq site (now hp.com) you would find the right drivers just by typing in the name of the server in the Software Download section. If you can't then I'm betting if you Google "Compaq Netelligent 10/100 PCI UTP Windows 2000" you'd get good hits.
I had indeed already looked at hp.com (and google) (same link as you gave). The driver they had corresponded (nearly - build incremented from 18 to 22) with the one I got off the SmartStart cd for servers which is the newest version applicable to the 1200 series. Version 5.0.1.22C now installed. No difference.
Paul
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The latest Service Pack for Windows 2000...?
Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic