no "Local area connection" LAN icon...disapeared. Please help?
 

hey guys
my LAN network icon is no longer showing. I only have my wireless icons showing. i have tried installing the driver again

"LAN_Atheros_v1.0.0.26_v1.0.0.20_Vistax86x64_XPx86 x64_2"
from the official ACER WEBSITE but nothing is showing up. I have restarted the computer several times..

i have an acer 6920g windows 7. It was there a few months ago, but now has disapeared :(

Re: no "Local area connection" LAN icon...disapeared. Please help?
 

Is this the little icon in the bottom right of the windows screen?

Go into the main control panel and network connections. Check the properties or the LAN connection. Somewhere in there there should be a check box to show icon when connected.

Re: no "Local area connection" LAN icon...disapeared. Please help?
 

i only have the wireless icon. ive checked device manager / network adaptors and 'lan' is not listed their either... even though i've installed the drivers. i've tried troubleshooting and it can't find anything either

Re: no "Local area connection" LAN icon...disapeared. Please help?
 

Which windows OS?

Re: no "Local area connection" LAN icon...disapeared. Please help?
 

No good installing drivers if the hardware is turned off... Firstly try the bios to see if it's been turned off.. Secondly check the device manager and see if the device is in there.

Re: no "Local area connection" LAN icon...disapeared. Please help?
 

I'm going to go out on a limb here, but at a guess I would say Windows 7.

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It would help if I could read :dunce:

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As far as I can make out, this option is not available with Windows 7. This was a criticism which I passed on to MS.

But if anyone else lnows how to configure please come forward.

Re: no "Local area connection" LAN icon...disapeared. Please help?
 

What option are you talking about? Can't work out what you are on about!

Re: no "Local area connection" LAN icon...disapeared. Please help?
 

i've checked my bios f2 there is nothing reference to 'onboard lan'.
i did have the lan connection a few months ago when i used it. my system restore doesn't go that back... any other idea guys

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Maybe a duff network card?
Is it built into motherboard?

Edit: Sorry i see its a laptop..

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Post #9?

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hey guys....i'm confused. what to do? install anything else?

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I'm thinking the NIC chipset is dead. If it's not showing in Device Manager then that's a real possibility.

Does the laptop have a PCMCIA slot? If it does you could try an NIC card in there as an alternative.

Re: no "Local area connection" LAN icon...disapeared. Please help?
 

Start, Control panel, Device Manager (You may need to switch to classic view or Large Icons to find it more easily) look for Network Adapters, what's listed there? (You may need to click the + next to it to get a list)