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Could the Input/Output or some other difference between adapters/chargers cause this? [closed]

I have a laptop and my adapter/charger could not be used anymore as the cable was cut. So I bought a new adapter but it was slightly different than the original. My original had (Toshiba's original): ...
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ESXi5 - 12 Network Interfaces in Windows Guest

I am building a CCIE lab where I will use GNS3 to map virtual router interfaces to physical NIC interfaces which connect to physical switches. I want to build this in an ESXi5 Guest running Win 7. My ...
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Is it possible plugging in a crossover cable to a 1Gb network adapter fried my adapter?

The host I am working with has two network adapters and is running Ubuntu Server 12.10. In an attempt to network two computers I used a cross-over cable as in the old 100Mbps days. After doing this I ...
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VMWare NIC's on Virtual Machines

I'm running on esxi(which has 2 physical NIC intern -extern) 2 Ubuntu 12.04VM's each connected to internal NIC. How could I bridge theme to have internet on both of theme without to use for each one ...
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Trying to make USB-to-Ethernet adapter work on CentOS 5

I have a SR9600 USB-to-Ethernet adapter and, when plugging it on a Dell server running CentOS 5, the lsusb listing doesn't even change -- nothing at all appears in dmesg. But the USB port on that ...
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Network adapter error in Windows Server 2012 Installed on Virtual Box

I installed Windows Server 2012 yesterday in VirtualBox, now the 2012 VM shows the network adapter as not found. I updated my virtual box to latest version and installed guest additionals still ...
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Pinout: RJ-45 to DB25 adapter for SunBlade 2000

Our suite got new carpet this weekend, and as I was moving the machines out of the way I pulled apart the serial adapter. The RJ-45 clip held fast, and the metal body was screwed tight to the machine ...
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How can I connect a SAS drive to USB? [closed]

I have a Dell T710 with Seagate Cheetah 15k.7 SAS disks. If the T710 motherboard dies, I'll need to resort to one of my nightly off-site backups and salvage the journal/logfile from the SAS disk to ...
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Portable, battery-powered, wireless access point, ethernet adapter

I am in need of an adapter that will convert an ethernet port into a wireless access point. I have found a handful of devices, but I'm unable to find a device that is battery powered. Does a ...
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Connection of a 10/100Mb adapter to 1000Mb LAN

I have the following problem. I cannot get an IP address using DHCP. I have a 10/100Mb adapter on a set-top box connected to a 1000Mb LAN. When I boot up the set-top box it gets an IP from the DHCP ...
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External SAS cable or adaptor with 90 degree plug

We have an HP tape autochanger mounted in a rack, but it's so deep that with the external mini-SAS cable plugged in we cannot close the rear rack door - if we did we'd crush the SAS cable well beyond ...
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Shrew VPN client doesn't create an adapter in Network Connections folder

I've successfully set up and connected to a workplace VPN using Shrew, but when I connect, no adapter appears in Windows' "Network Connections" folder. Consequently, I cannot find a way to share, ...
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How Windows choose what network adapter to use when redundant adapters are available?

I have a following configuration: two Windows Server 2008 non-virtual machines (a database server and an application server) are connected to the same network through two network adapters, a fast one ...
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Windows Server 2008 R2 missing PPP adapter - where are the clients supposed to connect to?

We have a Windows Server 2008 R2 box. It has one NIC, with the address 192.168.0.2. We set up RRAS, enabled VPN protocols, and told it to use a static address pool, 192.168.0.224-239. On our router, ...
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PCI-e to PCI with flex cable

Need a PCI-Express to PCI adapter for a 1U server. Preferably with a flex cable like this, but only need the one PCI slot: Either that or maybe something like a 45-degree adapter, but I've never ...
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How to proxy traffic from one NIC to another?

is there any basic proxy server software for Windows that allows you to setup a proxy server on one network interface (NIC/Adapter, etc) and have it route traffic through to the other network ...
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Does a USB to RJ-45 console cable exist?

I am aware of the RJ-45 to DB9 adapter commonly used on cisco routers to access console. I am aware of the USB to DB9 adapters to allow laptops without serial to get a serial port. I am looking for a ...
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Intel DriverInstall issue on HP ProLiant server DL580G5

Given: A HP ProLiant server to be used for Hyper-V server (R 2) Problem: The server has a HP NC364T quad port card, which actually is an Intel 1000 Pro adapter. We are stuck getting this adapter ...
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ESX Server Setup cannot detect my LAN card

I want to install esx server on my system that has LAN card, (Realtec RTL-8110sc) How to install it? thanks
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What is a a good serial-to-USB adapter?

Serial ports on devices are still used for many things, especially on network devices. However, most modern laptops no longer have serial (aka "COM") ports. So what I'm curious about is: what is a ...
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Creating virtual switch in VMware

We are trying to add a network using vsphere client for VMkernel port while creating a virtual switch. But it prompts us a red cross between the physical adapter and VMkernel port. We did test all the ...
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5v PCI to PCI-X or PCIe adapter?

We unfortunately have a very expensive ($10K) full-length 5 volt PCI card that we would like to use in the same system as another expensive PCI-X card. As luck would have it, it seems that PCI-X is ...
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Alternative options for ethernet over 75 ohm coax?

I'm in need of running ethernet between nodes in an older brick, steel & mortar building where 802.11* at any power just simply stinks, and no we can't run CAT5 through the walls. Primarily this ...
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Some questions about iSCSI

I searched the internet, but I couldn't find which sort of cables iSCSI adapters require. I will use it in a HP server, which has two HP NC382i Integrated Dual Port PCI Express Gigabit Server ...
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Network adapter state [Wireless]

What does a wireless network adapter "disassociated state" mean? Please help. I cannot seem to find an explanation anywhere. T
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responding on a non-default nic

following situation: i have two network interfaces - one ethernet and one gprs (actually it does not matter, just two different links ... ) nic 1 has a default route configured and is default ...
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How do I determine which network adapter my computer is using?

I just put in a new network adapter card into my laptop and would like to know if it is being used. How can I tell? I'm running Vista.
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Virtual PC (machine), loopback adapter, LAN, SQL Server

I've setup my VM to mimic my DevServer. I've setup my Network Connections to read from my Loopback Adapter 1st, LAN 4th. But for some reason, when I create my connection string: ...