OptiPlex GX260 Ethernet Controller missing

Are you connecting directly to a broadband modem or through a router?  If it is a cable modem, are you resetting the entire network as recommended hundreds of times on these forums everytime you change the device connecting to the modem?

Steve

hi there i to am looking for the same driver that you needed please can you tell me where i can get it

with thanks

iain blake

iainblake,

Use your mouse to hover over the Desktops link at the top of this page. Click your desktop model. Click the Drivers & Downloads link under Troubleshooting Toolls on the subsequent page. Fill in either your Service Tag number or the Product Model information and click the appropriate blue and white arrow. Select your operating system and then click the Find Downloads link. Expand the appropriate entry for the driver you need.

No, a switch cannot be used as a router.  You can, however, share an internet connection through a switch if the computer that connects to the broadband modem has two ethernet cards.  One ethernet card would connect to the broadband modem and the other ethnernet card would connect to the switch.   Internet Connection Sharing would have to be enabled on the ethernet card that connects to the modem and then any computer connecting through the switch could then connect to the internet.

Steve

Message Edited by Mr Ledesma on 03-30-2006 11:12 PM

another edit - here are 5 port switch skematics

Message Edited by Mr Ledesma on 03-30-2006 11:16 PM

Note that if you are changing the connection to modem between a computer and a router, you need to do a complete reset of the network every time you make the change. To do this, shut everything off. Wait about 5 minutes. Turn on the modem first, and wait another 5 minutes. Then turn on the device that is connected directly to the modem (either the router or the computer), then turn on any other computers that will connect through the router.

Steve