Network card diagnostic utility?

Is there any kind of utility out there that can run diagnostic tests on your
network card? Or better yet, is there an error log that can be turned on
within Windows 2000 that will allow you to view hardware error messages
coming from a network card? I'm suspecting that my motherboard ethernet is
going bad, but it could just as easily be a driver issue.

Yousuf Khan

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On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 00:53:31 +0000, Yousuf Khan wrote:

> Is there any kind of utility out there that can run diagnostic tests on your
> network card? Or better yet, is there an error log that can be turned on
> within Windows 2000 that will allow you to view hardware error messages
> coming from a network card? I'm suspecting that my motherboard ethernet is
> going bad, but it could just as easily be a driver issue.
>
> Yousuf Khan

You might check with the manufacturer of NIC. I know 3Com used to have
software utilties available for some of their models.

Network cards do go bad from time to time. Since they are only $10 to $20
for a decent quality model these days, why put a lot of effort into
testing? Just replace the thing and be done with it.



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On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 08:18:28 -0500, wesley <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 00:53:31 +0000, Yousuf Khan wrote:
>
>> Is there any kind of utility out there that can run diagnostic tests on your
>> network card? Or better yet, is there an error log that can be turned on
>> within Windows 2000 that will allow you to view hardware error messages
>> coming from a network card? I'm suspecting that my motherboard ethernet is
>> going bad, but it could just as easily be a driver issue.
>>
>> Yousuf Khan
>
>You might check with the manufacturer of NIC. I know 3Com used to have
>software utilties available for some of their models.
>
>Network cards do go bad from time to time. Since they are only $10 to $20
>for a decent quality model these days, why put a lot of effort into
>testing? Just replace the thing and be done with it.

Someone obviously missed the "motherboard ethernet" statement...

wesley wrote:
> Network cards do go bad from time to time. Since they are only $10 to
> $20 for a decent quality model these days, why put a lot of effort
> into testing? Just replace the thing and be done with it.

Yeah, but I'm not sure that there is anything wrong with the card at all, it
could be an OS problem or an application problem. The symptoms are that I
lose Internet connectivity randomly, even though the IP address still
exists. The solution has been to release and renew the IP address so far.
But it may happen while I'm not even around and who's going to fix it during
that time? So I'd like to see if there are any internal Windows logs that
might provide me with a clue to what to look for.

Yousuf Khan

On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 15:06:43 +0000, daytripper wrote:

> On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 08:18:28 -0500, wesley <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 00:53:31 +0000, Yousuf Khan wrote:
>>
>>> Is there any kind of utility out there that can run diagnostic tests on your
>>> network card? Or better yet, is there an error log that can be turned on
>>> within Windows 2000 that will allow you to view hardware error messages
>>> coming from a network card? I'm suspecting that my motherboard ethernet is
>>> going bad, but it could just as easily be a driver issue.
>>>
>>> Yousuf Khan
>>
>>You might check with the manufacturer of NIC. I know 3Com used to have
>>software utilties available for some of their models.
>>
>>Network cards do go bad from time to time. Since they are only $10 to $20
>>for a decent quality model these days, why put a lot of effort into
>>testing? Just replace the thing and be done with it.
>
> Someone obviously missed the "motherboard ethernet" statement...

Unless you're out of PCI or ISA slots you can always add a card. That at
least gives the original poster an option as opposed to your
ever-so-helpful contribution.




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On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 17:42:42 -0500, wesley <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 15:06:43 +0000, daytripper wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 08:18:28 -0500, wesley <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 00:53:31 +0000, Yousuf Khan wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is there any kind of utility out there that can run diagnostic tests on your
>>>> network card? Or better yet, is there an error log that can be turned on
>>>> within Windows 2000 that will allow you to view hardware error messages
>>>> coming from a network card? I'm suspecting that my motherboard ethernet is
>>>> going bad, but it could just as easily be a driver issue.
>>>>
>>>> Yousuf Khan
>>>
>>>You might check with the manufacturer of NIC. I know 3Com used to have
>>>software utilties available for some of their models.
>>>
>>>Network cards do go bad from time to time. Since they are only $10 to $20
>>>for a decent quality model these days, why put a lot of effort into
>>>testing? Just replace the thing and be done with it.
>>
>> Someone obviously missed the "motherboard ethernet" statement...
>
>Unless you're out of PCI or ISA slots you can always add a card. That at
>least gives the original poster an option as opposed to your
>ever-so-helpful contribution.

lol
that's twice you've missed the point...

/daytripper (who bets this nitwit goes for that third strike ;-)

wesley wrote:
> Unless you're out of PCI or ISA slots you can always add a card. That
> at least gives the original poster an option as opposed to your
> ever-so-helpful contribution.

Anyways, it's looking like it was an interaction with ZoneAlarm that was
causing my strange little problem. I've replaced with Sygate, let's see if
that helps things.

Yousuf Khan

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:02:49 +0000, daytripper wrote:

> On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 17:42:42 -0500, wesley <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 15:06:43 +0000, daytripper wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 08:18:28 -0500, wesley <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 00:53:31 +0000, Yousuf Khan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Is there any kind of utility out there that can run diagnostic tests
>>>>> on your network card? Or better yet, is there an error log that can
>>>>> be turned on within Windows 2000 that will allow you to view
>>>>> hardware error messages coming from a network card? I'm suspecting
>>>>> that my motherboard ethernet is going bad, but it could just as
>>>>> easily be a driver issue.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yousuf Khan
>>>>
>>>>You might check with the manufacturer of NIC. I know 3Com used to have
>>>>software utilties available for some of their models.
>>>>
>>>>Network cards do go bad from time to time. Since they are only $10 to
>>>>$20 for a decent quality model these days, why put a lot of effort
>>>>into testing? Just replace the thing and be done with it.
>>>
>>> Someone obviously missed the "motherboard ethernet" statement...
>>
>>Unless you're out of PCI or ISA slots you can always add a card. That at
>>least gives the original poster an option as opposed to your
>>ever-so-helpful contribution.
>
> lol
> that's twice you've missed the point...
>
> /daytripper (who bets this nitwit goes for that third strike ;-)

And your solution was exactly what? Replace the whole motherboard had the
network chip been gimpy? The only "bet" you won here was the 2004
pusillanimity award for snide irrelevancy.

However, glad to see the original poster found the problem on his own.



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On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 22:07:03 -0500, wesley <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:02:49 +0000, daytripper wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 17:42:42 -0500, wesley <(E-Mail Removed)>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 15:06:43 +0000, daytripper wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 08:18:28 -0500, wesley <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 00:53:31 +0000, Yousuf Khan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there any kind of utility out there that can run diagnostic tests
>>>>>> on your network card? Or better yet, is there an error log that can
>>>>>> be turned on within Windows 2000 that will allow you to view
>>>>>> hardware error messages coming from a network card? I'm suspecting
>>>>>> that my motherboard ethernet is going bad, but it could just as
>>>>>> easily be a driver issue.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yousuf Khan
>>>>>
>>>>>You might check with the manufacturer of NIC. I know 3Com used to have
>>>>>software utilties available for some of their models.
>>>>>
>>>>>Network cards do go bad from time to time. Since they are only $10 to
>>>>>$20 for a decent quality model these days, why put a lot of effort
>>>>>into testing? Just replace the thing and be done with it.
>>>>
>>>> Someone obviously missed the "motherboard ethernet" statement...
>>>
>>>Unless you're out of PCI or ISA slots you can always add a card. That at
>>>least gives the original poster an option as opposed to your
>>>ever-so-helpful contribution.
>>
>> lol
>> that's twice you've missed the point...
>>
>> /daytripper (who bets this nitwit goes for that third strike ;-)
>
>And your solution was exactly what? Replace the whole motherboard had the
>network chip been gimpy? The only "bet" you won here was the 2004
>pusillanimity award for snide irrelevancy.
>
>However, glad to see the original poster found the problem on his own.

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