Media Disconnected

[VadersHeir]

Client of mine comes home from the cottage last week. Can't get on the internet, so calls me up. I go over and ipconfig /all says Media Disconnected for the LAN Connection #1 (the NIC)
Anyone know what that is about?
Win XP Home on a Dell (p4, pretty stacked comp) I am thinking this is a Windoze issue, even without anything connected to a NIC you should get a IP address (like 127.0.0.0)
searched the MS KB and googled, no answers

[alex zorrilla]

Hi, Dan.

Well, actually, 127.0.0.1 is used for the "internal loopback interface". It is not actually used for any physical interface, but it is used as a way for the computer to refer to itself. It can be useful for troubleshooting ("ping 127.0.0.1" will tell you if TCP/IP is working at all) or as a foolproof method of accessing yourself (got a webserver running on your own computer? access it with "http://127.0.0.1").

To me, it sounds like a loose network cable. Another possibility is that the modem/hub/switch/router needs to be reset. Have the client disconnect the network cable (on both ends, if possible), turn everything off, wait 10 minutes, plug the cable back in, then turn everything back on again. See if that helps.

--Alex