A network interface controller (also known as a network interface card, network adapter, LAN adapter and by similar terms) is a computer hardware component that connects a computer to a computer network.
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Ethernet works fine when booting from a live CD, but won't connect from Windows Vista Installation
Got a strange issue at the moment where a PC I'm trying to fix isn't connecting to the network. I've booted from a "Mini Windows XP" boot CD I have and the ethernet connects immediately and works ...
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Prefer wired over wireless on same network (special case)
In a related post (multiple nics force routing), I asked about forcing Internet traffic to go via one specific NIC where there were multiples. In that case, the 100Mb wired network had no Internet ...
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Windows 7 - Modify “advanced settings” tab of Device Manager from command line
I'm in a position where I need to enable Wake on LAN for roughly 50 machines. I don't want to have to go round every one and adjust the settings for it, but it's looking increasingly like I'll have ...
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multiple nics force routing
Not sure if the question is correctly phrased. Here's my setup: because I'm moving around a lot,, I don't have fixed line Internet access (such as ADSL). However I have a LAN for interconnecting a ...
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Linux Mint gets stuck when using wireless card “rt73usb”
I'm changing Linux distributions a lot, wishing to resolve my problems with the wireless card identified as rt73usb, like explained in this question of mine.
Now I'm using Linux Mint 12. I noticed ...
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Network adapter (card) continuously disconnects / reconnects (when warmed up)
For the first few hours after having powered up the PC, the (Gigabit) network adapter is working OK. But by midday it starts to repeatedly disconnect / reconnect from the network. I can physically see ...
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CentOS Text Only - Add Network Adapter
Added another network adapter to my CentOS (minimal) VM in VMWare Workstation 8.
I've rebooted and obviously the OS doesn't recognise the new adapter.
How do I add / configure it to recognise the ...
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Name wont resolve on websites
I have replaced the network card on my Ubuntu server and any site that I have using the name-server on that box is not resolving. I have other sites that are hosted on the same webserver but have a ...
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Different network alias ip on Ubuntu
I have an Ubuntu server with only one NIC and an address x.x.31.82 configured on it, the default gateway for it is x.x.31.81 and the mask is x.x.31.80/29.
The problem is that I'm trying to configure ...
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Access Private NIC Through Public NIC
I am totally stumped. I have tried playing with the routing table but no luck.
I am using Windows 7.
I have a computer (#1) with two NICs (A and B). A is a wireless interface that connects to a WiFi ...
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ubuntu12.04 / wna3100 wi-lan driver [closed]
I need a good step-by-step detail on how to fix/install a patch for netgear wna3100 wireless adapter, in ubuntu 12.04 operating system.
Thanks.
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Network card shuts down when stressed
I have a network card that functions fine with light use, but quits functioning after heavy use. I replaced it with a brand new one and still have the same issue, also updated drivers. It is a wired ...
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Unusable network, packet losses between router and NIC
I have this setup:
Gigabyte P35-DS3P motherboard
Asus NX1101 PCI network card
(the one on the motherboard got fried a few years ago by a power surge)
Asus RT-N16 router
Windows 7 x64
I think ...
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Connect VirtualBox to a different internet connection
At the moment, I have my host machine setup to access the internet using the main ethernet connection via a NIC.
I have a VM which currently has it's network settings set to NAT, this allows the ...
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How can I determine which Wireless LAN adapter model do I have on my Netbook?
I have an Acer ONE 533 Netbook which was working fine but recently something happened to the Wireless LAN adapter. After taking a look at the Device Manager, I realized that there are no drivers ...
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Can't connect two PCs to a Network Switch at the same time (Windows 7)
I have two computers connected to a network switch and every once in a while one of the computers will lose its internet connection. It's almost always the same computer every time. However, if I play ...
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How to measure driver's memory consumption?
I've heard an unchecked gossip that Realtek drivers on Windows 2008 suffer from memory leakage. My computer with this network card and OS suffers exactly from this symptom - high memory consumption.
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OpenVPN, install a TAP adapter
When I try to connect to my work VPN using OpenVPN, the connection fails with the message:
All TAP-Win32 adapters on this system are currently in use.
Many sources suggest to look in Control ...
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Disabling at application level a nic (network interface) on Windows
How can I disable at application level a network interface?
The main question is this:
If I disable the nic trough wmic (win7) or devcon (XP), the "plug and play" of a wired nic doesn't work any ...
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Setting up a virtual, bridged, NIC in Windows
When you install VMware Workstation on Windows, it creates several virtual NICs, one of which is directly bridged to a NIC that's connected to the network (somehow, it appears to always be bridged to ...
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Working with two network adapters on windows7
I have two network adapters on the same computer. I want one network adapter to work only with one program (VMWARE) and the other to work for everything else.
Is this possible? If require, I can do ...
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Unable to change NIC settings with ethtool
I'm trying to change my NIC (Intel 10G NIC) settings using ethtool, but can't seem to do that.
I tried
ethtool -G xge0 rx 32768 tx 32768
and then tried to see if the settings have changed using
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Wireless Network suddenly cant connect after Windows update
UPDATE: As my patience started to end, the laptop started to display symptoms of other malfunctions, so I ended up returning it to Asus and actually had the price of the laptop back in store credit. I ...
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Is it possible to recognise hardware (router or network card) just by its MAC address?
Just wondering if that is possible. Are there any naming conventions that would allow one to deduce whether the MAC address belongs to a router (of a specific brand), or a network card, etc..
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“Error - No Network Interface available” when running TubeMaster++
Each time I start TubeMaster++ 2.6, I receive this error:
No Network Interface available ! TubeMaster++ cannot find any suitable network interface to capture data ! Please make sure you are ...
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10 Gbps Network Card on PCIe 2.0 X8. Enough PCIe bandwidth?
Would a PCIe 2.0 X8 slot have enough bandwidth for a NIC with two 10 Gbps connections?
From what I understand, each lane on a PCIe 2.0 card is good for 4 Gbps, so 8 lanes = 32 Gbps, right? Is my ...
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WIndows 7 Configure ICS using two NICs
OK here is the problem.
I use my primary computer to connect to the internet using a SureCom NIC.
i also have a secondary NIC which i connect to a wireless router and share the internet with other ...
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Tunnel adapters on ipconfig?
Hello I recently noticed unusual information in my IPCONFIG. Usually I only see Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection, but now I see Tunnel adapter isatap... and Tunnel adapter Teredo... I was ...
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What's involved with installing a JetDirect card for an HP Laserjet 4500?
So I have an opportunity to pick an HP 4500 Laserjet for a pretty good price and am on the fence. The only problem is that it currently only has a parallel connection on it. However, the seller ...
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Internal network card not detected any more
I was asked to fix a Windows XP PC whose internal NIC stopped working over night.
The following has already been found out / tried:
NIC is not in device manager any more (it shows up however if ...
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wireless adapter stuck on “aquiring network address”
I recently purchased a usb dongle for my old xp (with service pack 3) laptop (ancient packard bell easynote). Installing the drivers was not a problem but when I try to connect to the home Netgear ...
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Wireless not detecting signals after hibernation, reboot doesn't fix it
The wireless adapter (Broadcom 802.11n Network Adapter) of my Lenovo S10-3 is being detected correctly in the device manager in Windows, but I am unable to detect any wireless signals. This happened ...
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Do I have to install drivers on each network card interface when using network teaming?
If I have network teaming enabled on a set of network interface cards/network adapters and I am required to install drivers, is it sufficient to install them on one network card or do I have to ...
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Game Server with onboard NIC. Do I need to upgrade?
I have a dedicated desktop machine that runs a linux game server that needs to handle at most a couple hundred users. I currently have a 50/50 Mbps fiber line for internet connection and am trying to ...
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how to up/down remote NIC card or PORT using ifconfig or any other command?
please tell, how to remotely up and down the port using ifconfig unix command?
$ ifconfig etho down
$ ifconfig etho up
where etho is my nic card interface!
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TP-Link WN722N usb NIC
I'm having trouble connecting to my home network using a new USB NIC I ordered from Newegg.com. I have installed the newest drivers from the manufacturer's website and tried multiple times to diagnose ...
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Realtek PCIe FE Losing Connectivity in Win 7 Home 64-bit
I am having an intermittent problem with my network connection dropping out for no apparent reason. When it drops, I still see the lights blinking on the NIC card, but cannot pass packets even to the ...
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Configue UART WiFi module
I recently bought a UART WiFi module ( this one ) and configured it with right SSID but wrong password( and I don't know what it is ). The problem is that I can't reset this module to its manufacture ...
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How to know the history of hardware changes made while using Ubuntu?
I am working on Ubuntu OS.
Initially my pc configuration was Intel core 2 duo 3.0GH with 320 GB HDD.
After some times, my friend changed the motherboard with lower version of configuration without ...
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Go with Wireless (wifi) or Wired (ethernet) for apartment
I live in a really crowded building in a major urban city...as I speak there are 70 networks that inSSIDer has managed to identify. I drop connectivity about 5 times a day, and I rarely get the same ...
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Wired network adapter doesn't function properly when starting Windows
Every time I start my computer, my wired network adapter stops working - this includes a cold start and resuming from sleep. If I head over to Network and Sharing Center and click Troubleshoot ...
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USB Wireless Network Card, PCMCIA Or Internal For Long Term Usage? [closed]
I want to do some testing on my existing internal NIC to see if it is the source of these problems and for this i need another wireless NIC and of at least mediocre quality because i would need that ...
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500 Mbit/s powerline network, only 3.5 Mbyte/s transfer speed?
I have a TP-Link 500 Mbit/s Gigabit Powerline Adapter linking two computers (one Windows Vista and one Windows 7) in different rooms in the house. As in:
Computer <-Ethernet ...
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Network card (link-status LED) still active after shutdown from Windows 7 (but not from XP)
When I shut down Windows 7, my NIC remains active and the link status LED on the router remains lit. When I shut down Windows XP, it does not. Further, rebooting XP causes the NIC to shutdown as well, ...
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Check Bandwidth utilization of specific application or process in windows 7
I want to know is there any command-line tool (windows built-in or 3rd party), that can be used to check bandwidth utilization of a particular process or executable?
For example, i want to check ...
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No Internet connection in VMware Player (Guest OS is Ubuntu 10.04)
I don't get internet connection in the guest OS. Could you please help me to find out why?
The host OS is Windows 7, guest OS is Ubuntu 10.04.
Type of network connection: NAT.
ifconfig command ...
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Why is my network utilization a sawtooth wave?
I've noticed that my broadband link always gives me a sawtooth shaped utilization graph when I'm downloading large files. It looks like this from Task Manager on Windows 7:
When I'm doing large ...
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Why won't WIndows XP recognize my network adapter?
I have used Everest to determine that my network adapter is a RealTek RTL8139/810x Fast Ethernet Adapter and installed the appropriate driver. But I can't see any Local Area Connection in my Network ...
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Troubleshooting Desktop That Can't Connect to Internet through Any Adapater, Even on Different OSes
I have a Windows 7 machine that also has Ubuntu on it. Yesterday the NIC spontaneously crapped out. I went and got a Dynex PCI NIC and set it up, my computer now finds networks but lists them as ...
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How do I set up the network drivers for Windows 7 on my iMac?
I installed Windows 7 32 bit on my 27" iMac OS X 10.6.6. When Windows loaded, I couldn't connect to the internet via wireless or ethernet. It appears the drivers are not correct?
I did the same ...
