Network card good but no internet connection

[and544]

Hi,

I'm new to this forum and I need some help w/ an internet connection. I am working on my niece's Dell Dimension B110. She had no internet connection at her house so I brought it to mine. I reinstalled the driver for the onboard connection but still no internet. I installed a 3Com pci card and still no internet but when I put the 3Com in my computer it works fine. Does this mean it is not hardware? It is set to grab the tcpip address and dns automatically. Any ideas?

 

[kimsland]

You do not need drivers if you are using ethernet (not USB) cable

After plugging in the ethernet network cable (PC to Modem ethernet Patch cable) run INETWIZ and follow prompts

 

[Samstoned]

after install of card and drivers
go to hardware devices does sit show there and is there a yellow question mark
and did you do a cold boot back up then try to connect to the modem
if yellow mark some error in the drivers you are using
after cold boot power off modem then back on
this may force dhcp server to set a dynamic address
after this boot and modem reboot
go to start/run
type in ipconfig /flushdns
then type ipconfig /all
what does it say
there's also an issue with your logon
how do you have this set up
via software or through a router

 

[and544]

I did that and still no internet connection. What next?

 

[and544]

I can't read what it says after ipconfig /all. It goes too fast. How can I get it to stay up?

 

[and544]

Btw, no yellow ! It says it is working correctly and no conflicts.

 

[kimsland]

Did you follow Samstoned info

Ipconfig /release

you may also try:
Ipconfig /renew

Also you will need to answer Samstoned questions

EDIT:
and544 instead of posting 3 times in a row, select EDIT and add to your Post

Go to Start -> Run and type in CMD and then click OK
Do the IPCONFIG from there

Now you can click "Post Reply" to this post

 

[and544]

Turned off computer router and modem and then back on in modem, router and computer order and still nothing. Can it be something in the OS got corrupted? I've never had this much trouble connecting with a wired network connection.

 

[kimsland]

you will need to answer Samstoned questions

Also have you run Ipconfig /all as advised (my post above) by goinig to a command line ?

 

[and544]

I rebooted everything. I connect thru a modem and router. (It goes wireless for 600' and then wired again but it is not the connection. This computer is working)

The ipconfig info is as follows;

Primary dns suffix =
Node type =Unknown
IP routing Enabled=no
WINS proxy enabled=no

It shows my 3com card w/ physical address 00-04-75-71-29-AE
Auto config IP address 169.254.68.206
Subnet mask 255.255.0.0
default gateway=

The onboard network connection says
Media state:Media disconnected

What does this mean?

 

[kimsland]

It means AutoConfig is enabled on your TCP/IP network settings - that's good

And it also means you need to now run:
IPCONFIG /Renew
Then run:
INETWIZ
(again)

And then test again
Also are you using USB or Ethernet cable from your computer to Router

 

[and544]

When I try to renew it says

An error ocurred while renewing interface Local area connection 2 = an operation was attempted on something that is not a socket.
No operation can be performed on a local area connection while it has its media disconnected.

I go from my wireless router to a wireless LAN client bridge using poe to a switch back inside my house and wires (ethernet cables) to these 2 computers. I have 2 18dbi antennas to get back and forth but I think that was easier than trying to get this to work.

Does this make sense?

 

[kimsland]

Wreless hey !

You can setup Wireless using a USB flash drive by running
%SystemRoot%\system32\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL NetSetup.cpl,@0,WNSW

You need your SSID name (you must know this)
and network key (WPA or WEP) (you must know this)

Re: (you must know this)
In your original wireless computer setup
Run the program that you used to install wireless
Confirm your SSID name and WPA or WEP key
OR
Log on to your wireless Router
And confirm from the settings in there

You can run your Network setup, by running this
%SystemRoot%\system32\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL NetSetup.cpl

 

[and544]

No. I'm wired at this point and do not need to to login to the router at the other house. It's really complicated going from wired to wireless and back to wired with switches, routers and the bridge and the antennas but it works and saved me $10800. that the cable company was going to charge me.

You won't believe this but that error message led me to a utility called winsockxpfix.exe which I downloaded and ran it on the other computer and now it works. Really flukey. Never ran across that before. Thanks for all your help.

Have a good evening.

 

[kimsland]

We would have got to that (eventually) WinsockFix (small program)
But as it is critical, you must know what you are doing.
Then we must cover all basic stages first

Anyway, great news