first off, thank you to all that helped me with my last question on mixing DDR memory. i appreciate the info very much.
i'll describe my problem in detail so please have patience:
I have a linksys LNE100TX Ver.42 network card installed in one of my computers running winXP. It will suddenly stop working for no apparent reason.
for example i open network neighborhood. I can view and access the computers connected to the network, i close network neighborhood, and than try to open it back up a moment later and the network is not working. another example is when i'm using Edonkey2000 file sharing app, my DSL internet works fine and im downloading a ton of files, i reboot the computer and the network is completely down. for either cases the fix involves me physically disconnecting the cable on the router and reseting the linksys router. i have tried adress release/renew it does not work.
in my opinion i think it must be a software problem because when the network does run it runs without problems. the only thing suspicious is in device manager it lists the network card as "linksys 10/100 ver4..... #2" there is only one network card installed so I have no idea why the winXP says #2. the drivers are provided by the winXP OS. I have a relatively fresh installation of winXP so my assumption is that it must be the drivers causing the problem and not a corruption in the TCP/IP. I remember a long time ago I ran the same setup under win2k and had no problems with the network card so it could also be a winXP problem. if anyone has ideas please help
i'll describe my problem in detail so please have patience:
I have a linksys LNE100TX Ver.42 network card installed in one of my computers running winXP. It will suddenly stop working for no apparent reason.
for example i open network neighborhood. I can view and access the computers connected to the network, i close network neighborhood, and than try to open it back up a moment later and the network is not working. another example is when i'm using Edonkey2000 file sharing app, my DSL internet works fine and im downloading a ton of files, i reboot the computer and the network is completely down. for either cases the fix involves me physically disconnecting the cable on the router and reseting the linksys router. i have tried adress release/renew it does not work.
in my opinion i think it must be a software problem because when the network does run it runs without problems. the only thing suspicious is in device manager it lists the network card as "linksys 10/100 ver4..... #2" there is only one network card installed so I have no idea why the winXP says #2. the drivers are provided by the winXP OS. I have a relatively fresh installation of winXP so my assumption is that it must be the drivers causing the problem and not a corruption in the TCP/IP. I remember a long time ago I ran the same setup under win2k and had no problems with the network card so it could also be a winXP problem. if anyone has ideas please help