Unidentified Network
I have a weard behavior in a small LAN where some PCs “wired” cannot get connected to the network nor get an IP address from DHCP. to be specific, the network has: 1. Win 7 clients, NICs have auto negotiate on, Jumbo packets off 2. Dlink unmanaged switch 10/100, 24-ports, all are auto negotiate, auto [...]

Answer Question   |  February 27, 2012  7:48 PM
LAN, Netgear, NIC

How to route/switch between three different networks/interface through one interface?
I am trying to setup a network where I am running a client/server test case.  In the middle, it goes through some SUT. Client                           eth0               eth1           Server [120.22.x.x/16] ———->[Work station]<———-[120.24.x.x/16]                                                | eth2                                          [switch ]—–> [SUT]                             [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  2:26 AM
Cisco Routers, Client server software, Networking, NIC

Server disconnection on one but not the other
I have two computers.  Both use the same ISP, the same modem/router. One can connect to a server (laptop) the other cannot (desktop).  Running ping and tracert queries on the desktop reveals that there is a serious lag on a hop.  When the tracert query is run on both computers simultaneously the desktop tracert request [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  1:51 AM
ASUS, Ethernet connection, NIC, Realtek, Windows 7

Setting up network Wifi, while still using a proxy server
I currently have a network setup with 5 wired computers, running into a router, feeding from a computer with two NIC cards.  NIC 1 – internet NIC 2 – Proxy server. I want to turn this exact setup into WIFI, however, I do not want the users to have to setup the proxy settings each [...]

Answer Question   |  June 9, 2011  5:29 AM
Dlink, NIC, Proxy server, Wifi, Wireless Network

2 NICs (1 for LAN, 1 for internet) on 1 server, how do I correctly route traffic?
Have an application server with 2 NICs.   LAN1 = corporate network (in which clients connect to server for app use) LAN2 = DSL internet & remote connection The application on this server is designed to send alerts to the clients (connected via LAN1) and it also has email functionality (configured using POP3) that needs [...]

Answer Question   |  March 29, 2011  8:46 PM
Dual NICs, LAN, Local area networks, NIC, Windows Server 2000

Adding NICs to my machine to run VMs from my Windows 7 computer
If I want to run multiple VMs from my Windows 7 computer, I will need 6 NICs. How can I add 6 NICs to my machine? Are there ethernet banks or a single PCI card with lots of ports?

Answer Question   |  March 24, 2011  1:56 PM
NIC, NIC Ports, PCI, Virtual machine manager, Virtual Machines, Windows 7, Windows 7 Administration

Two VPN connections with two network cards pointing to different connections
Is it possible to have two VPN connections to the same machine simultaneously with two network cards — each NIC pointing to the different connections?

Answer Question   |  October 13, 2010  7:09 PM
Network cards, Network connectivity, Network hardware, Networking, NIC, Virtual Private Network, VPN, VPN design, WAN

NIC card suppliers suggestions
What are the top worst nic cards and / or worst suppliers of nic cards?

Answer Question   |  June 19, 2010  4:39 PM
Network hardware, Network Interface Cards, NIC, NIC Problem

live & local NIC problem
I have two onboard NIC in windows server 2008 machine one LAN (LOCAL) IP & another has static IP that given by my ISP. I use this server as test web server. So it is connected with both NIC as same time with local & live public IP. This server is on local domain also. [...]

Answer Question   |  June 16, 2010  9:15 AM
LAN, Local area networks, NIC, NIC Problem, Web Server, Windows Server 2008

Second NIC card won’t stay connected
I came in this morning to find my file server down. Must have had a power outage over the week end. It’s connected to a UPS that was also down. I found DNS Client was disabled on the server. I set it to Automatic. I have 2 NIC cards but now for some reason I [...]

Answer Question   |  May 12, 2010  7:58 PM
Dual NICs, Networking, NIC, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Networking

my computer cannot display other workgroup computers
my computer is correctly configured to the network but the status of the connection is only showing sent bytes but no received bytes. what is the problem.

Answer Question   |  March 18, 2010  9:28 AM
Network connectivity, Networking, NIC, Workgroups

WDS Network Boot issue Lenovo 7413-A93, A92 model?
I am having Lenovo 7413-A93 & A92 systems. NIC Card was Marvell Yukon 88E8057 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller. Time of Network boot through WDS, try to Capturing Image, it goes upto drive selection for capture image and after it stop working. try to Pushing Image, it goes upto boot process only, stands wpeinit cmd prompt and stop process. i updated [...]

Answer Question   |  February 19, 2010  3:32 AM
Network Boot Troubleshooting, NIC, WDS

Nic card on HP Pavilion dv8000
Had a user totally mess up a HP Pavilion dv8000 laptop. I reinstalled the OS (Win XP Media) but can not get the NIC card to work. I downloaded and installed the driver.

Answer Question   |  February 10, 2010  4:14 PM
HP Laptop, NIC, OS, Windows XP

NIC cards on Exchange Server2007
What is teh best way to configure 2 nic cards in exchange server 2007 so they have 2 different ip addresses and dont cause any issues?

Answer Question   |  November 3, 2009  6:35 PM
Exchange 2007, Exchange 2007 configuration, Exchange administration, NIC

Activating NIC after P2V Causes Blue Screen
After creating P2V using Live View, the virtual system appears to boot find.  After I activate a NIC in Host-only mode, the system blue screens.  How do I correct the problem?

Answer Question   |  October 23, 2009  2:10 PM
BSOD, Network Adapter, NIC, P2V

Routing and Remote Access/2 NIC’s
OK, running Win2K3 Server x64 Standard fully patched.  RRAS/VPN was configured on primary NIC but then stopped working.  We added a secondary NIC to the server just for the RRASVPN configuration and the VPN would then work properly.  However, after about two months, the server couldn’t resolve DNS, local clients (not VPN) were disconnecting from our datbase [...]

Answer Question   |  September 29, 2009  6:44 PM
NIC, NIC Problem, RRAS, VPN, Windows Server 2003

Limited Connectivity in a Network Enviorment
I have been having this problem on serveral PC’s. I have to setup up a new PC on our network and i am getting a limited connectivity error on the NIC card. I have checked all the setting on the PC. I tride to use another PC and i got the same error. I looked [...]

Answer Question   |  August 10, 2009  2:11 PM
DHCP, Network connectivity, Network Interface Cards, NIC, Windows Server 2003

SLED 10 does not boot GRUB properly post partition expand
I recently installed a NIC and while doing so, was not aware of the space required in my system partition, hda5, with added files. After reaching 40KB, I terminated the NIC install, and ran Gpart software to expand the partition. This was completed successfully and upon rebooting, the system appeared to boot the GRUB properly. [...]

Answer Question   |  July 26, 2009  7:56 PM
GRUB repair, NIC

NIC Bridging on VM problem
I have a ESXI 4.0 host with 4 nics setup for teaming (fault tolerance and load balancing). I have 2 vms setup on the host, when I setup bridging using 2 or more nics on the vm, the bridge nic shows bytes sent but 0 bytes received and the physical nics show sent bytes 0 [...]

Answer Question   |  July 27, 2009  8:57 PM
NIC, VM Connection, VMware, VMware ESXi

NIC Bridging
Should I use nic bridging on the vm guest that is on a single vlan if the esxi 4.0 host nics configured for teaming? Why or Why not?

Answer Question   |  July 25, 2009  7:46 PM
NIC, Virtual Machines, VM guest bridging, VMware, VMware ESXi