NIC takes a long time to initialize when booting
This is a discussion about NIC takes a long time to initialize when booting in the Windows Networking category; Upon doing a clean install of Win2K Pro, it takes the NIC forever to load (approx. 1 minute). I get this message in the Event Viewer everytime I boot: Dhcp Warning Your computer has automatically configured the IP address for the Network Card with network address 00207800F6F8.
Upon doing a clean install of Win2K Pro, it takes the NIC forever to "load" (approx. 1 minute).
I get this message in the Event Viewer everytime I boot:
Dhcp Warning
Your computer has automatically configured the IP address for the Network Card with network address 00207800F6F8. The IP address being used is 169.254.81.229.
Strange thing is, last time I did a fresh install I never had this problem. None of the hardware has been changed or moved.
It's a LinkSys LNE100TX NIC, latest drivers used with both installations.
Thanks,
I get this message in the Event Viewer everytime I boot:
Dhcp Warning
Your computer has automatically configured the IP address for the Network Card with network address 00207800F6F8. The IP address being used is 169.254.81.229.
Strange thing is, last time I did a fresh install I never had this problem. None of the hardware has been changed or moved.
It's a LinkSys LNE100TX NIC, latest drivers used with both installations.
Thanks,
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is it auto detecting it's speed? Or is it set to 10M or 100M p/s?
My old 3com use to do that when I had it set to auto detect speed. Even worse when I had an auto sensing hub, would take like 5min sometimes to work.
My old 3com use to do that when I had it set to auto detect speed. Even worse when I had an auto sensing hub, would take like 5min sometimes to work.
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Yep, it's on auto sensing, but it was like that before and never did it.
Use an static IP instead! U should get rid of the error message, and speed up the startup!
OP
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Use an static IP instead! U should get rid of the error message, and speed up the startup!
That did it!
Thanks,
Use an static IP instead! U should get rid of the error message, and speed up the startup!
That did it!
Thanks,
