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Network adapter visible twice in network setup
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I've installed a DLINK wireless network card in my notebook PC which runs W98SE. Looking at control panel-system, it looks fine. The notebook is networked as part of a workgroup and all works as expected. But if I look at control panel-network, I see two instances of the network card, each with its own instance of TCP/IP. If I remove one, it gets reinstalled at the next reboot, and all my wireless settings are lost. Can anyone suggest why this is happening? -- Simon Elliott http://www.ctsn.co.uk |
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Network adapter visible twice in network setup
My advice: consider yourself lucky and ignore it. See my subject "Wifi
card blows out network" above. Of course, if you have trouble with it everytime you reboot, that may be different. Simon Elliott wrote: Hi I've installed a DLINK wireless network card in my notebook PC which runs W98SE. Looking at control panel-system, it looks fine. The notebook is networked as part of a workgroup and all works as expected. But if I look at control panel-network, I see two instances of the network card, each with its own instance of TCP/IP. If I remove one, it gets reinstalled at the next reboot, and all my wireless settings are lost. Can anyone suggest why this is happening? -- Mark E. Adams, 2004 -- drop the "dot" to email me. CONSIDER: ===========---------,,,,,,,,,............. . . . . . Avert misunderstanding by calm, poise, and balance. =====================---------,,,,,,,,,............. . . . . . |
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Network adapter visible twice in network setup
On 10/06/2004, Mark Adams wrote:
My advice: consider yourself lucky and ignore it. See my subject "Wifi card blows out network" above. Did you install the drivers before you inserted the card? I've foudn that helps with both PC-CARD and USB. Otherwise windows detects the new hardware, installs the wrong driver, and it can be tricky to recover from this. Of course, if you have trouble with it everytime you reboot, that may be different. It all works flawlessly most of the time. I have both TCP/IP entries in the network control panel applet set to DHCP. When I first installed the 802.11g card, I had an Apollo 100Mbit ethernet PCMCIA card in the other slot. I wanted to be able to choose to connect via ehternet or wireless. However this didn't work well at all. The wireless conenction was slow and buggy, and there was a constant chirping / clicking noise from the notebook's speakers. I removed the ethernet card and suddenly the wireless card was reliable. Doesn't say much for the plug'n'play capabilities of PC-CARD, though. -- Simon Elliott http://www.ctsn.co.uk |
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Network adapter visible twice in network setup
Simon Elliott wrote:
On 10/06/2004, Mark Adams wrote: My advice: consider yourself lucky and ignore it. See my subject "Wifi card blows out network" above. Did you install the drivers before you inserted the card? I've foudn that helps with both PC-CARD and USB. Otherwise windows detects the new hardware, installs the wrong driver, and it can be tricky to recover from this. Nope. I did it according to manufacturer's instructions. Of course, if you have trouble with it everytime you reboot, that may be different. It all works flawlessly most of the time. I have both TCP/IP entries in the network control panel applet set to DHCP. When I first installed the 802.11g card, I had an Apollo 100Mbit ethernet PCMCIA card in the other slot. I wanted to be able to choose to connect via ehternet or wireless. However this didn't work well at all. The wireless conenction was slow and buggy, and there was a constant chirping / clicking noise from the notebook's speakers. I removed the ethernet card and suddenly the wireless card was reliable. Doesn't say much for the plug'n'play capabilities of PC-CARD, though. Plug-and-play has had problems from the getgo, at least with Win9x. WinXP seems better. Thanks. -- Mark E. Adams, 2004 -- drop the "dot" to email me. CONSIDER: ===========---------,,,,,,,,,............. . . . . . "Falling in love makes smoking pot all day look like the ultimate in restraint." -- Dave Sim, author of Cerebrus. =====================---------,,,,,,,,,............. . . . . . |
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