lights stay on on router when PC is shut down & what is a PPP adapter.

I have just changed the network card in my Win98se computer to a Linksys LNE100TX from a Netgear FA311 .
I had big problems trying to get the drivers installed, finally got them installed, but since installing it the lights on the linksys router never go out when I turn the computer off, as they do with my XP computer and used to on the Win98se machine.

Also in zone alarm under firewall- zones, I have the Linksys LNE100TX network card as an adapter subnet, on the Internet zone, and the XP as a subnet in the trusted zone. But there is now another adapter subnet which is PPP adapter, Internet zone with an IP address of 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 . Can anyone tell me what this is, I have tried to delete in in zone alarm but zone alarm pops up a box saying that it cannot delete an active adapter subnet.

Everything else works fine.

Is this the reason the machine doesn't connect from the router or have I set something wrong.

Any help would be appreciated

 

The PPP (point-to-point) adapter is purely a dial-up thing. Shouldn't be needed if you have broadband and may cause some problems. Not even sure how/why it showed up unless you have a modem for fax or something and the install decided you wanted to network with it.

Control Panel~Add/Remove Programs~Windows Setup tab~Communications and if you have DUN checked, uncheck it.

 

Thanks Newt,
I removed dial up networking and the PPP adapter has gone from zone alarm. I shut down the computer, but the light are still showing on the router, any ideas?

 

I believe that's a "Wake on LAN" card. No big deal. if you didn't run the jumper from the card to the board it won't work anyway.

 

solved

Thanks, for the reply. I wondered if that was the reason.

 

PST.... morg.

The machine where you installed that network card onto, has a power supply which is connected to the AC in the receptacle on the wall which then goes through the wiring in your house and connects to that meter thingamagiga which is how the power company excuses themselves from charging you on ussage. Err... here I go thinking out of context again, sorry. Without joking what I wanted to let you know is that many network cards now stay litten up because there is power on the system even if you have turned the button on the system to the off setting. Because power is still being transfered through the power supply the watts from a combination within the power supply and the router/hub allow that light to stay on, as what ssmith10pn said, is wake on lan and there isn't anything to worry about.