I've got a couple of NIC's in my machine which I have tried seperately and simultaneously in my computer with no luck. I'm trying to connect to a D-Link ADSL modem, which is working fine as I've tested it elsewhere. The D-Link assigns IPs via DHCP so there should be no problem with the IPs.
However, neither NIC get's an IP address when connected to the D-Link. The 2 network cards are of different makes, one is a SIS 900, the other is a Realtek FA311. I've got the latest drivers for both.
The cable I'm using is the correct cable which has been tested elsewhere. I've also tried hooking the NICs up to other things, but whatever I do I can't get a network connection over them.
Initially I thought it was malware related, and a quick search turned up some of the usual suspects such as bridge.dll, which have been removed now.
The only thing I can think of is that I'm missing something or an XP networking driver/file has been corrupted, but SFC turns up nothing.
The most bizzare fact of this whole issue is that I use VMware and when I first installed it, after giving up on the NICs, and it installed the bridge drivers to connect to the network card, the network card worked and I could connect to the D-Link. This stopped after a reboot and isn't really a feasible solution to bodge it with VMware network drivers, as I'd like to know whats causing it and fix the root of the problem if possible.
Cheers
Nick
However, neither NIC get's an IP address when connected to the D-Link. The 2 network cards are of different makes, one is a SIS 900, the other is a Realtek FA311. I've got the latest drivers for both.
The cable I'm using is the correct cable which has been tested elsewhere. I've also tried hooking the NICs up to other things, but whatever I do I can't get a network connection over them.
Initially I thought it was malware related, and a quick search turned up some of the usual suspects such as bridge.dll, which have been removed now.
The only thing I can think of is that I'm missing something or an XP networking driver/file has been corrupted, but SFC turns up nothing.
The most bizzare fact of this whole issue is that I use VMware and when I first installed it, after giving up on the NICs, and it installed the bridge drivers to connect to the network card, the network card worked and I could connect to the D-Link. This stopped after a reboot and isn't really a feasible solution to bodge it with VMware network drivers, as I'd like to know whats causing it and fix the root of the problem if possible.
Cheers
Nick