Have you tried disabling the 10/100 onboard NIC? I'm not sure if Win2k gives the error "Network Cable Disconnected" for wireless LAN adaptors. It sounds to me like the OS is trying to connect via the onboard NIC instead of the wireless LAN. It is normal for an "unused" LAN connection to show "Network cable disconnected" under windows.
--Jason -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Don Hayward Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 10:00 AM To: Wireless List Subject: [BAWUG] w2k w/ Orinoco 'network cable disconnected' The reception is "Excellent" and the device is "working properly" but I can't get a network connection and w2k gives the error message "network cable disconnected". The cumputer is Dell 4400 with onboard 10/100 3Com nic. The wireless card is Orinoco Gold in an Orinoco pci adapter. The current driver was downloaded from Orinoco and installed. The card firmware was flashed with the current version. The AP is Orinoco 500 - Five other systems in the same room connect normally. The DHCP media sensing registry key was set to ignore. Then TCP/IP was hardcoded with the IP address. All to no avail. Has anyone seen this &/or know how to fix it? Thanks. Don Hayward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mote Marine Laboratory Voice: 941.388.4441 Cell: 941.302.4982 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway Fax: 941.388.4312 Sarasota, FL 34236 See: http://www.mote.org Independent, non-profit, marine and estuarine research and education facility. For PGP public key do: http://www.mote.org/~don/donpgp.asc use "DISCLAIMER"; # We run Linux,Apache/mod_perl/mod_ssl/eperl,Mysql,DBI/DBD Taxes feed the starving and clothe the naked. -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
