Re: [H] Switching NICS
Thanks Joe, The conversion is complete! And does data now fly! Never seen this PC move data this fast. :) If my xdsl isp wishes to complain about my change of MAC addy, I'll deal with this in the future! Turns out, on the Asus A7N8X-E-deluxe the GLan chip (Marvell 88E8001-LKJ) is not enabled in bios. It has a jumper on the m/b to turn it on. Yes, did have to disable the nVidia/RealTek chipset in bios. Even better, W2K does NOT have a default driver for the Marvell chip; it did stop on boot up and let point W2K to the latest Marvell driver. Worked like a champ. This PC is FAST now! New nics are in-transit. :) Best, Duncan At 12:39 01/31/2008 -0600, you wrote: Hello DHSinclair, Thursday, January 31, 2008, 12:14:14 PM, you wrote: 6. Reboot PC to W2K - hope OS picks up new nic(!) (here, I am going to assume that W2K has a default driver for the new nic) 7. Admin new nic in CP/Device Manager (ipconfig/all info) 8. Check for new 'Local Area Connection'; create if necessary 9. Move net cable to new nic; try and connect to other LAN clients. 10. If OK; repeat steps at another client. If not OK; Hmm Everything was great till 6. (here, I am going to assume that W2K has a default driver for the new nic) Don't assume this. Otherwise sounds ok to me. -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...
[H] Switching NICS
I'd like to try and enable the on-board GBit NICs on my 3 Asus m/b's. Am using Win2000proSP4. Question is: What is the proper order of steps to swap the on-board nics? I am presently using the 10/100 nVidia nforce MCP Network adapters. I've already printed out the ipconfig/all screens to capture all the needed values. I plan to: 1. Uninstall current nic from CP/Device Manager 2. Uninstall current 'Local Area Connection' from CP/Net-Dial Connections 3. Reboot PC to bios. 4. Disable nVidia nic; Enable GBit nic 5. Save bios 6. Reboot PC to W2K - hope OS picks up new nic(!) (here, I am going to assume that W2K has a default driver for the new nic) 7. Admin new nic in CP/Device Manager (ipconfig/all info) 8. Check for new 'Local Area Connection'; create if necessary 9. Move net cable to new nic; try and connect to other LAN clients. 10. If OK; repeat steps at another client. If not OK; Hmm Is this a good process? Thank you. Best, Duncan
Re: [H] Switching NICS
Joe, Thank you for your take. Yes, I have learned (the hard way!) that in Pooters, 'assume' often leads to the mother of all screw-ups. But, in the past 8 years, W2K has asked me for drivers only 2 times, and, I expected it both times. For any kind of network doo-dad, W2K always seemed to have a default driver for it and just installed it and got on with business. Of course, I am doing the research now to track down just what the on-board GBit nic is and look for any updated drivers for W2K if they exist. I think the GBit nic is 3Com/Broadcom, but I will confirm. I am really only testing with this. Already know that my Dell switches list a compatibility issues with both Realtek and 3Com nics. Odd, because the current 10/100 nVidia on-board nics use the Realtek device..? But then, I rarely saturate my LAN. New Intel Pro/1000 nics are already on order. Best, Duncan At 12:39 01/31/2008 -0600, you wrote: Hello DHSinclair, Thursday, January 31, 2008, 12:14:14 PM, you wrote: 6. Reboot PC to W2K - hope OS picks up new nic(!) (here, I am going to assume that W2K has a default driver for the new nic) 7. Admin new nic in CP/Device Manager (ipconfig/all info) 8. Check for new 'Local Area Connection'; create if necessary 9. Move net cable to new nic; try and connect to other LAN clients. 10. If OK; repeat steps at another client. If not OK; Hmm Everything was great till 6. (here, I am going to assume that W2K has a default driver for the new nic) Don't assume this. Otherwise sounds ok to me. -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...
