Remove a NIC (thats not there ) ?

KdjaCL

I removed an old ISA NIC and replaced with a 10/100 PCI one but when i go to assign IP it says the IP is allocated to the missing one.

How can i remove this without putting it back it??

Since i went to the new NIC my ICS doesnt work either.
Maybe IP related but i i can access the shared folders with both PCs and play LAN games just cant go on net.

maybe moe of a nets/comms Q but the removal is a tech thing.

thx

kdjac

Saruman

ICS is IP related so dont worry.. get it working with the right IP and it should be fine.. though you may need to re install and setup ICS to assign it to the new nic.. not sure.

Anyway what OS are you using? If its 9x you can run
winipcfg

select the nic (defaults to PPP usually) then release and then renew.. sometimes might lock. If it does then reboot

You can also use the dos command and it works in NT,2k etc also.

ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew

In facr just pick
ipconfig /?
for a list of all command switches

Oh yeah i assume you have removed the old NIC drivers from network config?? If not do so.. ISA is not plug and play usually so its probably still in there with its own TCP/IP binding and all.

KdjaCL

Using XP pro and alledgley it does all this for you.

Damn ISA card


Thx trying to release them now.

"an error has occured while local area connection 3 tried to contact your DCHP server"
Thats my DSL modem.

kdjac

PPC

If you have Windows XP/2K you could try this to see if its still installed.

Put the following into a new txt file and rename it to showhidden.cmd then double click it.

set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1 
cd %SystemRoot%\System32 
start devmgmt.msc

Then go into Device manager and goto view and show hidden and then check Network Adapters for the old one

KdjaCL

Whoa crap load of hidden devices.

When i try to uninstall it ti says it may be needed at boot to boot the pc.


Disabling it and rebooting then try to remove it.

kdjac