I have seen that on a lot of the D and E series machines in the past. I have not played enough recently to know if any thing has changed but it was alway, at least in cases I have seen, the issue. Battery power would drop to some low level and the system would kill off wired NIC. Usually you can just go to the power settings and re-enable it.
Jon On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 8:59 AM, N Parr <[email protected]> wrote: > Sounds to me like the power management isn't re-enabling the onboard nic > when wall power is returned to the laptop. Did you check to see if the NIC > is enabled in device manager? I see users disable them all the time. > Reboot fix anything? > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Bill Lambert [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 28, 2010 5:19 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Dell Docking Station mystery > > I have a weird issue with a D530. The user docks her laptop into a Dell > D Port every day and today she undocked it to go wireless at a meeting. > When she came back and docked, the wirless connection was working but when > she tried to enable her wired nic, she gets ‘connection failed’. Tried > different dports and same results. Everything works great when undocked. > Has anyone seen this and know a solution? > > > > Thanks! > > > > *Bill Lambert* > > *Windows System Administrator* > > *Concuity* > > *Phone 847-941-9206* > > *Fax 847-465-9147* > > [image: ConcuityLogoSmall3-29-10] > > > > > > *The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached > files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the > recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or > authorized to receive information for the recipient) you are hereby notified > that you have received this communication in error and that any review, > dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact > the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Thank you. > *** > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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