This should be a PCBUILD question so I am replying accordingly.

My suspicion is that you are using a crossover cable to connect to the
router. A crossover cable is appropriate to connect two computers together,
but you need a straight network cable to connect to the router. Some network
cards will adjust automatically to adapt to the cable, but many will not.
Try a new cable to see it fixes your issue.

Peter Shkabara
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-----Original Message-----
From: Eugene Johnson [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 11:37 AM
Subject: Internet access

This computer was first set up to connect to the internet through another
computer but now I want to direct connect it independently to the router.  
I cannot make the change as all I get is the error message that "a network
cable is unplugged".  

It seems it is looking for the first cable connection to the other computer
even though it is now directly connected to the router. I have
uninstalled/installed the Intel PRO/100 VE network adapter but no effect.  
 

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