local area connection- gets dissconected

Placebo

i finally got broadband , my local area network seems to dissconect every few minutes ?
i replug it in and then its back, i dont think the plugs lose ?
any other reasons ?


thanks.

Mutant_Fruit

its probably a dodgy cable. if you bought the cable, return it, if you made it, re-crimp it.

Placebo

alright thanks man.
its my cabel. because the cabel supplied is too small.
re crimp it, as in straighten it, so theres no twists ?

shinzon

is the error message you get

local area network cable unplugged

if so then thats got nothing to do with your broadband , what youve got is a lan card in your PC with the drivers installed and no cable plugged in, happens all the time on WIN XP

Disable the onboard lan in your bios, thatll sort you out

Shin

Placebo

yeah, i get exactly that message

Disable the onboard lan in your bios, thatll sort you out

how ?



Thanks a million

Mutant_Fruit

by re-crimp i mean take off the connectors at each end and reattach them, as a wire could be loose. do taht if its a home-made cable.

Placebo

well i went into setup and Intergrated Periphals and turned off the network adapter.
will see now if it worked.

Placebo

not working ! :eek:

shinzon

look for any lan drivers in your add/remove proggies list

i pmed you as well

shin

Mutant_Fruit

1) try a different lan cable, check to make sure lan card is properly seated in the computers (assuming its PCI and not buildtin).

2) Try getting new drivers.

Placebo

thanks m_f and shin,
well i have a lan card, i disabled it in bios, didnt work, so i enabled it and unbintalled the drivers, so now its gone from the network connections and i am still getting that error.


i havea zyXel pestige 630 modem, got it with iol broadband. i updated its drivers too.
i am currently getting xp service pack 1 and some updates, maybe that would help ?

OfflerCrocGod

Before your local area network worked fine yes?, is it since you got the USB modem from Esat that the connection has been going down?.

Placebo

ive never tried it before ? it always had an X on it, in networks connections.
i rang tech support, guy says cable i`m using is crap , so i should try the one i`m giving, which is way too short !

Placebo

ran it on dads, laptop with the cable they supplied and it still gave the same error.
Why am i the only one whos sufering from this.


:mad:

OfflerCrocGod

Who did you get BB with that gave you LAN cableing???. Is it X-over cabling or patch?. How long before it disconnects you?, does the Internet also disconnect or is it only the LAN connection?.

shinzon

try removing the actual connection from under netwrok connections, although it should now not be there since youve uninstalled the drivers

that fix im giving you is as i said that local area connection unplugged is nothing to do with your broadband, your lan card was giving you that message,

So now try what mutant said and if that doesnt work get onto your ISP pronto as theres something wrong other than you physical connections

Also try disabling your firewall and remove any file sharing apps and dont forget the old faithful of spyware on your machine

Shin

Placebo

do i need a filter in phone sockets not being used by BB, like upstairs is just a phone.
my friend told me not to, ive done it now and connection has stayed up to 11 min.

edit: 21 min.
edit 46 min.

this looks like the problem. hopefully it was.

shinzon

anything that has a phone socket plugged into it must have a filter on it otherwise your not completing your BB circuit

Think of your BB as an electrical circuit, it must complete if its to stay connected, an unfiltered phoneline breaks that circuit therefore you need it filtered, also needs to beon sky digital if you got that as well

Regards

Shin

Placebo

its my stupid friend, he told me not to use those.
Thanks to everyone for all their advice, really appreciated.

Thanks alot shinzon.