Losing my connection

[gazzak]

My Dell laptop is giving me 1 headache I can't seem to figure out.

If the network connection is accidentally pulled from the pcmcia card, (3com megahertz card), then when it's put back in I have to reboot to get full connectivity again. Running W2K SP4. I know I should be more careful about the connection being unplugged, but I'm a clumsy git and would like to know if there's a logical way around this so I don't have to reboot the damn thing every time.

dhcp connection by the way, and ipconfig -renew works OK, strange!

[Ronin]

My Dell laptop is giving me 1 headache I can't seem to figure out.

If the network connection is accidentally pulled from the pcmcia card, (3com megahertz card), then when it's put back in I have to reboot to get full connectivity again. Running W2K SP4. I know I should be more careful about the connection being unplugged, but I'm a clumsy git and would like to know if there's a logical way around this so I don't have to reboot the damn thing every time.

dhcp connection by the way, and ipconfig -renew works OK, strange!

Here's what you could try:

Start
Settings
Network & Dial-up
Right click Local Area Connection
Left Click properties
Uncheck all the components
Left click OK
Right click Local Area Connection
Left click DISABLE
Right click Local Area Connection
Left Click properties
Check all the components
Left click OK
Right click Local Area Connection
Left click ENABLE

Check your i.p. and you should be o.k. This is quicker than rebooting.
There's also a repair option but I've seldom see that work.

[Gollo]

One thing I think that was hit on but am to tired to actually read is disable/enable the connection. This seems to work with my wireless nic and I've done it on others as well.

Super glue?

[InTheWayBoy]

You could also go as far as removing the physical PCMCIA card and re-inserting it...use the little icon in the systray to do that so windows doesn't bark at you.

[techs]

Could you define "full connectivity"?

[gazzak]

Super glue?

I know I know, we're going wireless in a few months so that should stop my problem

Could you define "full connectivity"?

Can't connect to anything outside of the internal network, IE the internet. Can ping the DNS server and pickup dhcp renewal OK though.

I think I'll try the disable / enable tip later today, sounds good. I'll post back.