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getting incorrect "network cable unplugged" message

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by q_lutz

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I just installed a wireless router (LinkSys model BEFW11S4 ver. 4) on my desktop PC. My laptop is able to connect just fine without interruption in any room. Although my connection on the desktop is never truly interrupted, it keeps flashing "network cable unplugged" immediately followed by the "connection established" message. I've had a techie friend of mine walk me through several possible solutions, but none have worked. What the heck is causing this message?

Thanks for any help.
Nathan

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by 3xp3rt

The same thing happened to me. The solution was simple. Just right click in the connection icon, open properties window, on General tab click on configure, and select the advanced tab. Depending on your network card, select Link speed, or something like this, and try different speed. Normally this is set to auto negotiation and there are situations when this is don?t work. In my situation, when I set this to 10 Mbps full duplex speed all become OK. Good luck!

by q_lutz

Thanks so much for the help--fixed the problem immediately! You're the best!

by dave.gallop

Thanks, I spent the best part of five hours trying to figure this problem out on a dev machine that appeared to be going crazy. I saw on one site a full page of solutions from disabling devices, to free up IRQ's, to replacing hardware with new cards. Your solution didn't (to the best of my knowledge) appear on any one of the 6 or 7 pages of comments and whilst it should have been a reasonably obvious one, in this day and age we (me in the case) take so much for granted that the 'less obvious - obvious' has long since disappeared into the archives of distant memories! Thanks for an eloquent solution that worked 'out of the box'!
- DG

by hilmarty

Genius, worked a treat. As soon as I changed the Link Speed/Duplex Mode from AutoMode to 10 Full Mode the unplugged messages stopped and the connection became stable. Changed it back to AutoMode and they came back again. All good, you deserve a medal !!!

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