2 ethernet adapters?

Question

Hi. Last week my (cable) was down and my isp came to fix it. Since then I have been having trouble connecting through specific ports. I have 2 computers networked (this one, 98se, the other, XP) through a Linksys WRT54G. The XP computer has no trouble with the ports.   The only thing i have noticed any difference in (forwarded ports are the same, ips are the same) is when I run ipconfig on this computer it lists 2 adapters:   0 Ethernet adapter: IP address: 0.0.0.0 Subnet Mask: 0.0.0.0 Gateway: (blank)   Followed by:   1 Ethernet adapter (etc, etc) which lists the correct numbers. I do not recall having 2 adapters listed before the cable went down (my XP comp lists only 1), and if this in fact my source of trouble, how does one change this. I thought of uninstalling the ethernet card, but was unsure if it would get rid of both.   Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

jmwills · Answer

I know this is the Dimension forum but is your system a laptop?

simonsays6 · Answer

No, both are desktops. This one is a Dimension XPS T600r (4 or 5 years old now).

jmwills · Answer

Is one of these showing up as a 1394 Adapter?  If so, this is nothing more than a Firewire card and is not generally considered a networking adapter.

simonsays6 · Answer

just my 10/100 ethernet card is listed under the device manager

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