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[Solved] Nic card on dell machines

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I have several onboard nics with Dell optiplex, installed Windows xp. why is that sometimes the nic card is set for 100mb full duplex and not Auto negotiate. it will do this sometimes on some pc's then i have to manually change it to Auto? :??:

Reply to gow75

Could be the imaging process Dell used. Or it may have been manually configured.

It depends on who set the computer up.

Reply to riser

I setup the computer months ago was fine until recently when the users phone which is VOIP lost it's DHCP server. the phone is back up now but the properties of the card was configured for 100mb which made the connection really slow.

Reply to gow75

trying to figure out why it switched to that and not stayed as Auto.

Reply to gow75

Could have been an MS update for the NIC driver, or a Dell update that was applied. Could have been set and whoever forgot about it.

Generally, yes, default is Auto. If you want the best performance you generally hard set it to 100/full if you can get away with it.

Reply to riser

how does it run the way it is configured now compared to the others on auto.?
there are settings in Windows as you know to change that and save it, but you're saying that doesn't work and it converts back to full.?
if that's the case I'd say the BIOS, remember that Optiplex's were originally configured for business environments in mind with T1's T2's and other networks when being shipped.

Reply to malmental

when it was set as 100mb full duplex it would run terribly slow, after setting it to auto speed comes back.

Reply to gow75

uninstall the entire network stack and then reboot.
it will re-install back to it's OEM state.
then go in and reconfigure.
it's only a thought but WTH, it can't hurt anything and actually would be a troubleshooting step.
let me know.

Reply to malmental

i did all that before i just want to know why it does it. makes no sense. crappy drivers maybe

Reply to gow75

Best answer

interesting.
How do you connect to the internet, cable modem only or through router.?
What software are you using that accompanies the hardware.?
Cable boxes and router has separate software that the company wants you to run.
I don't but whatever.
still, it's interesting.

Reply to malmental