The fix that Glen suggested was the magic key! With a complete physical removal and reboot, shutdown, re-install and reboot, the card was recognized properly and now has a adapter address. It appears to be working properly. (It was a D_LINK card!) Thanks Glen. Doug At 12/8/99 09:59 AM , Glen L. Bowes wrote: >My guess is that this is actually a D-LINK DE528 PCI NIC. We use these in >cable modem installations and it's very common for the adapter address to >become all 0's. If the D-LINK drivers aren't installed, Windows identifies >the NIC as a Realtek. > >D-LINK suggests physically removing the NIC from the system, reboot, shut >down, and reinstall. If this fails, the adapter is likely no good. > >-----Original Message----- >This is the results of ipconfig /all >(He only has one physical ethernet card- Realtek): > >... > > IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0 > >... The PCBUILD web site always needs good submissions. If you would like to contribute to the website, send any hardware tech tips or hardware reviews to: [log in to unmask]