Your questions may not be aimed at me but at Lorint Hendschel; however, here are my experiences:
Quoting Joris Lambrecht ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > why not change your network cable ? I did. (Not because anything was broken, but because the institution moved from thin ethernet to cat5.) The problem persisted. > A broken card ? Possibly. The first card I had did not have this problem, but it was running W95. Then I got a batch of four cards (by this time I was running linux) and they were all the same. I *dimly* recall once reading that autoselect difficulties were specific to linux, but I don't want to libel [EMAIL PROTECTED] ! > Just make sure to turn on/off pnp/os installed in your bios (one setting > WILL work) Agreed, I always have "Boot with PnP OS" deselected in the CMOS screens and PnP disabled in the NIC itself. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
