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Same network cable unplugged or limited activity

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by jeffzz421

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Hello, I have a similar problem to many out here. Long story short I am trying to connect my cable modem directly to my PC with a 5e cable which has been verified good. When i go directly from my cable modem to my Vista laptop with the cable it works fine, when going to my XP desktop with same cable, it either says "network cable unplugged" or after I mess with it and get it to try and get an IP (takes forever) it says limited connectivity and I have no net connection. Im pretty sure the IP its generating is a bad one but why can I not use ipconfig release and renew or even netsh winsock res to get that to reset. I have tried all of those. Huge Thanks to anyone reading this post :)
JZ

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by mr.wiz

to see if the XP box is set to use DHCP or if it set with a fixed IP address? That can cause the ipconfig error.

by charliespencer

What happens if you connect the cable to the desktop before you power it up?

Is the network connection on a card or on the motherboard? If a card, is it loose?

Have you tried another cable? I had one once that would only pass traffic if I connected it in one direction. If I reversed it, it stopped working. Strange but true.

by jeffzz421

Yes I have checked both of those things. I may need to let my cable modem sit a few minutes from what I have seen unplugged and off and then reboot my computer and the modem. I will see if that works.

by ww2surfer

I could not believe this, but it worked for me. I searched for same error after trying all of the obvious (cable, modem/router reset, modemr/outer power cycle, disable/enable, repair... all but swaping network cards)and I read a post about removing the plug from the pc and rebooting. I assume it has something to do with reseting the network card (unsure), but after doing this and reseting the modem viola... I was back surfing the net and my house was once again networked. I do not have my degree yet but am in process and I could not for the life of me understand how or why this worked, but it did. Good luck and happy surfing.

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