PC Guru's - A problem

[Rocketman]

GUYS, relax... It's about fixing the REV, NOT who has the bigger IT DICK!!

In that regard I have all you guys beat to hell. I'm a CCIE and an MCSE AND A+ and EMC SAN, and VMWARE Partner and been in the industry for close to 30 years and go back to mainframe days and worked 10 years for NASA so there........... neener neener neener!!

:rattle:

 

[Rev Den]

Well...

Thanks all of you.

I have the latest drivers.
Niether the USB Linksys or the Realtek work in the hotels.
This is a personnal laptop, it is not set to any domain.
I can run a crossover from this laptop to another and both link lights come on, connect to the hotel netowrk....nothing, but only on the problem laptop.
The loopback ping shows <1ms ping.
No conflicts are shown.
It has not worked correctly from day 1.


Rocketman PMed me an idea that I will try tommorow when i get back to that hotel....I think I already tried it....but I am not positive.

If that does not work....it will go back under Warrenty.

Again...thanks to ALL of you, this has got me, and a few IT guys totally confused. I spend so much time in hotels and online in those hotels that I have become pretty good at resolving any connections issues, but this one is a bitch.

Rev

 

[mdl]

GUYS, relax... It's about fixing the REV, NOT who has the bigger IT DICK!!

In that regard I have all you guys beat to hell. I'm a CCIE and an MCSE AND A+ and EMC SAN, and VMWARE Partner and been in the industry for close to 30 years and go back to mainframe days and worked 10 years for NASA so there........... neener neener neener!!

:rattle:

I think you're probobly my hero with CCIE. Where did you take you're test? Arizona or Cali?

 

[HaleYes]

Well...

Thanks all of you.

No problem.

Glad I could help.

 

[rsliman]

i just asked my wife... she works IT for cable one... she said.. some nic have a powersaving mode.. if the cable is not plugged into the laptop when it is booted the nic will shut off, an it wont work until a cable is plugged in at startup.

 

[DaJudge]

Well...

Thanks all of you.

I have the latest drivers.
Niether the USB Linksys or the Realtek work in the hotels.
This is a personnal laptop, it is not set to any domain.
I can run a crossover from this laptop to another and both link lights come on, connect to the hotel netowrk....nothing, but only on the problem laptop.
The loopback ping shows <1ms ping.
No conflicts are shown.
It has not worked correctly from day 1.


Rocketman PMed me an idea that I will try tommorow when i get back to that hotel....I think I already tried it....but I am not positive.

If that does not work....it will go back under Warrenty.

Again...thanks to ALL of you, this has got me, and a few IT guys totally confused. I spend so much time in hotels and online in those hotels that I have become pretty good at resolving any connections issues, but this one is a bitch.

Rev

Damn Rev...that about kills every idea. The only other one I can think of is try forcing it to different speeds. You said it was set to auto, maybe it can't negotiate down to slow speeds. If that is the case atleast you will be able to tell the idiot in the support center more info.

If you get it figured out let us know.

 

[Rev Den]

Damn Rev...that about kills every idea. The only other one I can think of is try forcing it to different speeds. You said it was set to auto, maybe it can't negotiate down to slow speeds. If that is the case atleast you will be able to tell the idiot in the support center more info.

If you get it figured out let us know.

Yup...tried that also.

Sorry.

thanks anyway.

Rev

 

[DaJudge]

Yup...tried that also.

Sorry.

thanks anyway.

Rev

Sorry Rev! Looks like your hardware diagnoses is the right one. Let us know if the new one works correctly.

Glen

 

[muduck18]

Don't give me this crap just because of my age. Do you have any idea how hard it is for employers or customers to trust my skills because of my age? Age has absolutly nothing to do with knoledge.

...And dude. You're only 25...

knowledge

And yes, age has somthing to do with it.

Good luck Rev sorry I didn't mean to start a pissing war.

BTW.. XP pro or XP home? SP?

 

[87manche]

have fun talking to India Rev
Fom what I can tell it seems to be a hardware problem.
I've seen some of the cheaper ADMtek nics have problems with various makes of switches. The cable company was installing some that refused to link up with the switch we had in the shop, linksys I believe.
Anyway, it was a physical problem with the NICs and and some sort of incompatability in them. It's very very odd though that you've gt the problem with a USB NIC also. That really reeks of a software problem.
Any chance that you could reimage the unit? I hate saying that, because now I sound like Dell, but it's really the last ditch attempt at eliminaing a software problem.

 

[muduck18]

Yeah, Like i said before if the USB nic didn't work... it's probebly OS or Driver related.
I was going to suggest image it...too
I assume you have tried safe mode with networking to load os only drivers..?

 

[Rev Den]

Well....I do not need to talk to India, not gonna bother with safe mode (good idea though) Thursday it goes back to Circuit City under the warrenty, we will see how good they handle it.

Just tried Safe Mode, no dice.

Thanks again guys, don;t sweat a "pissing match", no biggie.

Rev

 

[goodburbon]

Here's a possibility


Perhaps the Hotel uses crossover in their walls, and then you are plugging a crossover cable into that. There are a few ways around this. Try a straight thru type cable, or plug a really cheap switch into the wall. I have had success with the cheap switch solution. They will find nothing wrong when you take it in because it will work on their system

In fact I had a computer that worked when plugged into all network ports in the office except the one in its users office, and any other computer worked in that office. Short solution plug a switch into the wall, plug your computer into the switch.

And I have all you other guys beat

I designed all of the computer hardware presently on the surface of the sun.

Brandon

 

[muduck18]

Here's a possibility


Perhaps the Hotel uses crossover in their walls, and then you are plugging a crossover cable into that. There are a few ways around this. Try a straight thru type cable, or plug a really cheap switch into the wall. I have had success with the cheap switch solution. They will find nothing wrong when you take it in because it will work on their system

In fact I had a computer that worked when plugged into all network ports in the office except the one in its users office, and any other computer worked in that office. Short solution plug a switch into the wall, plug your computer into the switch.

And I have all you other guys beat

I designed all of the computer hardware presently on the surface of the sun.

Brandon

lol :wstupid:

 

[goodburbon]

Thats not constructive, and yes the IT gurus were baffled, but it works.

 

[RichP]

Linksys make a small hardware/firewall that is made for traveling. They are about $49 or so and have a 4 port wired and wireless setup, you can turn the wireless off and just use the ports. It's quick way to findout if your nic or the hotel is screwed up. Generally it's the hotel that has the problem using odd ball switches that the contractor got a deal on. It's also a good idea to carry both a straight thru and a crossover cable [marked of course ] for the random cable screw up that might not have been buzzed out, nothing like a 568a on the patch panel and a 568b on the wall outlet.

 

[mdl]

knowledge

And yes, age has somthing to do with it.

Good luck Rev sorry I didn't mean to start a pissing war.

BTW.. XP pro or XP home? SP?

Were you picked on as a kid? Were you melosted by the mail man? You are obviously one of those people who feels the need to come online and start bitching because they get trashed emotionally in real life.



There may be the possibility of there being more than one issue here my friend. Such as you're PCMCIA slot being defective, as well as maybe having another issue with you're ethernet jack. Do you have another card you can try in the PCMCIA? Doesn't have to be interw3b related, just somthing to test the slot.

 

[goodburbon]

He stated that it works, just not at hotels. Which screams cable issues or config issues.

 

[XJ Dreamin']

Linksys make a small hardware/firewall that is made for traveling. They are about $49 or so and have a 4 port wired and wireless setup, you can turn the wireless off and just use the ports. It's quick way to findout if your nic or the hotel is screwed up. Generally it's the hotel that has the problem using odd ball switches that the contractor got a deal on. It's also a good idea to carry both a straight thru and a crossover cable [marked of course ] for the random cable screw up that might not have been buzzed out, nothing like a 568a on the patch panel and a 568b on the wall outlet.

I got a 568c up my nose the other day. Man! I hate that!


I got no idea what you guys are talkin' about :laugh2:

 

[Rev Den]

Tried the crossover.
The switch may very well work as the laptop will then negotiate with my switch instead of the hotels....but guess what....
Its a new fing laptop....it should work everywhere my other laptop works, not gonna buy a $40 switch to carry around with everything else.
Went to Circuit City today, got the manager dude, he has seen this before....he shut down one of the 2 firewalls that were enabled (whoops) and gave me another option to try if it happens again. If it still does not work after next week (gonna be at one of "those" hotels again) he will swap it out....I thought it was fair.

Rev