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Networking after xp reinstall
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I have a netgear wireless router and is/was working fine with a win xp pro desktop and a laptop. For some reason, I had to re-install win xp on my desktop. After that I am not able to get a internet connection on my desktop. However my (wireless) laptop is working fine. The desktop is connected directly to the router. Is it just the case of starting/stopping modem(DSL) and router and PC in the right sequence? When the desktop starts up, I see just a in-built LAN icon in the tray with properties saying device working properly. any thing I am missing?
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Thanks.
Since the laptop can connect to the router and access the Net, it should only be the desktop machine that would need to be restarted if anything.
1. Right-click on the networking icon in the tray and click "Status". It should show that you are connected, and that packets are being both sent and received.
2. Disable any and all firewall software entirely. Even Windows' built-in firewall gets wonky sometimes and denies connections that it shouldn't.
3. Open an MS-DOS window and type the following command:
ping ip_address_of_the_router
If that works, you should get 4 positive responses from the router. If it doesn't work, give us the exact error that the ping command gives you.
4. If the above ping works, try to ping a website (Google in this case) by its IP address:
ping 66.102.7.147
5. If that works, try:
ping www.google.com
6. If none of te above work:
Type:
ipconfig /all >C:\ipconfig.txt
Open the resulting ipconfig.txt file in Notepad and post the contents of the file.
1. Right-click on the networking icon in the tray and click "Status". It should show that you are connected, and that packets are being both sent and received.
2. Disable any and all firewall software entirely. Even Windows' built-in firewall gets wonky sometimes and denies connections that it shouldn't.
3. Open an MS-DOS window and type the following command:
ping ip_address_of_the_router
If that works, you should get 4 positive responses from the router. If it doesn't work, give us the exact error that the ping command gives you.
4. If the above ping works, try to ping a website (Google in this case) by its IP address:
ping 66.102.7.147
5. If that works, try:
ping www.google.com
6. If none of te above work:
Type:
ipconfig /all >C:\ipconfig.txt
Open the resulting ipconfig.txt file in Notepad and post the contents of the file.
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Thanks for the reply. Tried all that and some more. Since cannot ping anything at all, the ipconfig gave just the header line:
Windows IP Configuration
That is it. and Nothing else..No amount of release/renew didn't work.
Windows IP Configuration
That is it. and Nothing else..No amount of release/renew didn't work.
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Originally Posted by saraffa
the ipconfig gave just the header line:
Windows IP Configuration
That is it. and Nothing else..
Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Stinky Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-F1-26-FE-3B Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.5 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 4.2.2.1 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
That fact that ipconfig listed no information whatsoever about your network card means that the device is either not configured correctly, or that it is configured correctly but has been disabled.
Look in your Network Connections control panel. Do you seen the connection listed? If so, what information do you see there? Right-click on the connection and then click Status in the resulting pop-up menu. what information do you see there?
"May the Wombat of Happiness snuffle through your underbrush."
- Ancient Aborigine blessing
Please do not contact me by email or PM for help. We're all volunteers here, and only have so much free time to dedicate to our efforts.
However, if I've been working on a thread with you already, and seem to have "forgotten" your thread, please do send me a message. I try not to let things slip through the cracks, but it does happen sometimes.
- Ancient Aborigine blessing
Please do not contact me by email or PM for help. We're all volunteers here, and only have so much free time to dedicate to our efforts.
However, if I've been working on a thread with you already, and seem to have "forgotten" your thread, please do send me a message. I try not to let things slip through the cracks, but it does happen sometimes.
Had a problem with motherboard built in LAN driver. I found a disk that came with motherboard. After (re)installing it, everything is working. Thanks for the time.
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Originally Posted by saraffa
Had a problem with motherboard built in LAN driver...
"May the Wombat of Happiness snuffle through your underbrush."
- Ancient Aborigine blessing
Please do not contact me by email or PM for help. We're all volunteers here, and only have so much free time to dedicate to our efforts.
However, if I've been working on a thread with you already, and seem to have "forgotten" your thread, please do send me a message. I try not to let things slip through the cracks, but it does happen sometimes.
- Ancient Aborigine blessing
Please do not contact me by email or PM for help. We're all volunteers here, and only have so much free time to dedicate to our efforts.
However, if I've been working on a thread with you already, and seem to have "forgotten" your thread, please do send me a message. I try not to let things slip through the cracks, but it does happen sometimes.
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