Re: A network cable is unplugged??



On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:20:39 -0800, Steve Urbach
<dragonsclaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 09:50:52 -0600, mathedman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

I've just installed a cable modem and wireless
router and set up a wireles home network with
two computers. All that is working fine.
But, immediately after the installation was done,
(initially on an Acer laptop running XP Pro) I
started getting (on that machine) --like every 20
seconds or so -- an annoying pop-up that says:
Network Bridge
You ticked the "Bridge Networks" box in network connections
I have no "Bridge Networks" box in "Network Connections" !
AND Then forgot to plug in the cable to the second network.
NO second network is involved>
A network cable is unplugged.

Why? How do I stop it?
(The computer has an unused ethernet connection)
You have 2 choices:
Plug in a working network cable
Un-tick the "Bridge" setting
.



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