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Bernard Peek wrote:
Eddy wrote:
Guys,
Are we on to something here? As follows:
1. I deleted the Realtek Ethernet from the "Network Connections"
section in "Device Manager", then switched everything off, unplugged my
USB dial-up modem, plugged in the router, then switched on the computer,
and then ran IPCONFIG, and got the following:
C:\>ipconfig /all | more
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DAVID
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 7:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek
RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0B-6A-B3-C7-9B
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.237.180
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
What do you make of the above, guys?
First, the card is installed. The drivers are working. So much for the
good news.
The bad news is that the 169.254... address tells us that the card
hasn't been able to find a DHCP server. Normally a router includes one.
If we hadn't already found that the cable was connected I would have
suspected that.
Based on Eddy's reluctance to experimentation and the fact that the
Laptop connects OK both wireless and wired, I would expect a dhcp server
to be present and active in the router. Expectation and real life do not
always match, though :-(
More good news is that it's quite easy to deal with this.
What you need to do is to change the IP properties for the network
connection. You need to give it a static IP address. Select that
connection, right-click and select Properties.
Select the TCP/IP protocol line, right-click that and select Properties
again. You will see a form with a radio button selected that says the
card should get its IP address automatically. You need the other option,
to specify a manual address. Enter the address 192.168.0.2, a net mask
of 255.255.255.0 and a gateway address of 192.168.0.254.
I tend to use the alternate address option to set a fixed address - it's
only really an advantage with laptops moving about (dhcp at work, fixed
at home with address filtering), but I tend to use similar
configurations in laptops and desktops :-)
Change the DNS Server entry too. Enter the addresses of your ISP's DNS
servers. Enter the router's IP address as the third DNS server. After
that everything should work.
--
PeeGee
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Peter Cullen, Microsoft Chief Privacy Strategist (Computing 18 Aug 05)
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