Network Cable Unplugged (NIC Card?)

[DamonBoost]

I had a lightning storm wake me up from a nap the other night with my computer still on. When I woke up I went ahead and shut everything down. The next day I got the "Network Cable Unplugged No Internet Connection" . I first thought it might be my cable modem or cable so I plugged the modem into my laptop and it works fine. Would that mean my NIC Card was fried from the storm?. I already reformatted my computer (which I was planning on doing anyway). I checked the device manager and it states my NIC is working correctly. Everything else on the computer is working fine now except I cant get it to read that the cable modem is connected...

Thanks in advance!

 

[Rik]

I've heard of it happening before!!! Happened to a friend, he just put a new nic in and all was ok!!!!

 

[howard_hopkinso]

Hello and welcome to Techspot.

I concur with rik.

Replace your nic and see what happens.

Regards Howard :wave: :wave:

 

[DamonBoost]

also, i did this as suggested by someone on another board...:



"start>run>cmd type ping localhost or ping 127.0.0.1
you should get four replies, if not the problem is with your nic."



And I got 4 replies back, does that mean its not my NIC Card?

 

[howard_hopkinso]

To be honest, I don`t know. I still recommend you try a new nic and see what happens.

Regards Howard

 

[DamonBoost]

UGHHHHHHH! So I went out and purchased a new NIC... Now It says I am connected but I cant get the connection to work on my PC. I have disabled, then uninstalled the other NIC. It just says connected buy no data sent back or forth. I am about to implode.. =(

 

[Rick]

Would you mind posting an ipconfig /all here, so we can get an idea of what's happening?

Start > Run > cmd
Type ipconfig /all

To copy the results, right click the title bar of the command window and click 'Edit'. Click 'Select All' and right click on the selected text. Paste it here.