networking

[Baz]

Ok quick daft question what I should know but cant get to work at the moment.

my sons system is at the moment wireless but speed is not too good so I am trying to hard wire it, plugged in the cable, LEDs showing on the router but cannot get a connection on his system upstairs. What have I missed out to do???  Have taken out the wireless adapter he had in and enabled the network in the network connection page in control panel

[Rik]

Is the network set up correctly, Baz. What shows under properties?

[Baz]

What am I looking for Rik. it was working well on wireless its just nothing when I plugged in the cable

[Rik]

If you go into Network Connection, right click the cable connection and select properties, what do you see Baz?

[Baz]

sorry Rik Im up and down stairs.......get the local area network properties window with   general/authentication/advanced tabs

connect using..........(drop down box)      realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC

[Rik]

On the general tab, do you have something like this?

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[Baz]

yes...

[Rik]

OK, if you go to Settings > Network Connections, right-click the cable connection and click Status, what do you get?

[Baz]

Settings where Rik?

[Rik]

On the start menu, Baz, but then I'm using classic menus, so the same may not apply to you. Wherever you went before, to check properties, but select Status instead.

[Lance]

Are you sure the cable is fine, Baz (test with another machine if you can)?

[Baz]

well  not sure about the cable but its brand new today so hope it is.


got logged out there     anyway Rik  in the status window , on general tab we have a connection pane showing connected and an activity pane showing nothing at the moment

[Rik]

Can you reach the net, or another machine on the network?  Have you re-booted the machine since making the changes?  If you click the support tab, does it say (of the address) Assigned by DHCP?

[Baz]

there is no entries in the support tab at all

[Rik]

I wish I could see the machine from here.

Is the network card showing up OK in Device Manager?

[somanyholes]

hey

if you look at the network card in the pc, is it lit up?

also

click start
goto run
type in cmd
click on ok

type in ipconfig /all


and post the output here

also do you get a response if you type in ping 127.0.0.1



also

it might be wise to disable your wireless card. right click it it network connections and click disable.

[Baz]

yes its showing ok. no exclamation marks next to it.


but just had a stupid moment and thought does it need a network card in, system calls it a realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC........

[Rik]

Not with you Baz. That is a network card, almost certainly on the motherboard. You don't have more than one do you?

[Baz]

phew.....thought I made the classic mistake there    no only the one Rik. the adapter for wireless is removed now, although there is an entry in Task Manager showing that something connected with the wireless adapter is running

[Baz]

hey


also

click start
goto run
type in cmd
click on ok

type in ipconfig /all


and post the output here

also do you get a response if you type in ping 127.0.0.1



also

it might be wise to disable your wireless card. right click it it network connections and click disable.

this gave Windows IP configuration


and sent/received/ 4 and lost none

[Rik]

Did you do what So suggested? Ah, yes you did but you didn't paste the output. It should look something like this:

ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : BEANMAIN
        Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
        DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : gateway.2wire.net

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 4:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : gateway.2wire.net
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8052 PCI-E ASF Gigabit Ethernet Controller
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-A6-F1-D8-95
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.64
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 15 April 2008 08:42:04
        Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 16 April 2008 08:42:04

[Sebby]

How about if you do

ipconfig /all

?

Edit: got there a bit after Rik. You say you have a light on the router, which suggests the physical connection is fine. So we need to see if the computer has been assigned an IP.

[Baz]

I get no output at all at the ipconfig/all request

[Sebby]

You need a space between ipconfig and /all.

[Baz]

tried both ways with same result