Two of my four computers (3 Macs + 1 XP machine) access the 'Net flawlessly via a Toshiba cable modem > Linksys Cable Router > Netgear hub. All of my seven wired ethernet connections work as my iBook and PM 6500 will gladly testify. But those other two computers, my PB1400 and my son's HP 520n repeatedly display errors that claim the ethernet cable is not connected. I assure you, it is. I have reinstalled the EtherTech driver for the PowerBook, with no improvement. I've reset the cable modem and router several times and still the problem persists. Once, last week I did manage to get the PB1400's TCP/IP auto-configured after a couple of resets. But the PowerBook doesn't seem to want to hold those settings.
On the PC... tell the NIC to *not* go to sleep. Reboot.
On the PB... Change the TCP/IP control panel to Advanced User Mode, then click on Options and UNCHECK "load only when needed". Reboot.
If that doesn't fix, pls provide more details -- NAT LAN set-up, DHCP settings, OS versions, etc...
- Dan.
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