Sorry, I should have mentioned it. Yes, the onboard nic was disabled. Also, after hardcoding the IP, the DHCP client service was disabled.
Thanks for the response. On Thu, 30 May 2002, Jason Johnson wrote: > 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 > > > 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
