Can't Make Internet Connection

[Carbo]

It's probably something very basic, but I'll be damned if I know.
I've been running my PC in my home office without a problem. Running XP Pro, Comcast cable, Toshiba PCX 1000 modem, Netgear Gateway Router RT314.
Bought a second PC, which is sitting in an adjacent room. Ran a Cat 5 cable through the wall from the router to the back of the new PC. Installed XP Home. Now, no matter what I try I can't make get a connection to the internet.
Any ideas? Thank you.

 

[gunrunnerjohn]

First off, have you tried setting the PC next to the router and using a factory built cable? If you open a command prompt on the non-working machine and type:

IPCONFIG /ALL

What do you get?

 

[Carbo]

gunrunner, the Cat 5 cable I'm using is a factory built.
When I try and run ipconfig/all, I get nothing at all on the screen.

 

[martind1]

if you run ipconfig /all form the workign machine what did it say?


does your router have dhcp enabled? is the 2nd machine set to automatically detect settings?

 

[buleyb]

have you switched the cables? That would be a simple enough test to verify its not a stupid or broken cable...

 

[martind1]

buleyb are there smart cables??

lol i slay me.

 

[gunrunnerjohn]

Originally posted by: Carbo
gunrunner, the Cat 5 cable I'm using is a factory built. When I try and run ipconfig/all, I get nothing at all on the screen.

Well, I'd sure figure out why that happens!

Although this happens to be W2K, you should get a printout similar to:

c:\>ipconfig /all
Windows 2000 IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : main
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : workgroup
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : workgroup
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139(A/B/C/8130) PCI Fast Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-01-80-2D-40-1D
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.71
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, September 09, 2003 11:36:28 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, September 10, 2003 11:36:28 AM

 

[Peabody]

ping 127.0.0.1 from the command prompt on the new computer to verify that the NIC is working.

 

[Dennis Travis]

Make sure you are opening a COMMAND PROMPT and not just typing in ipconfig /all at the RUN command. That will open and close so fast you can't see it. You have to launch ipconfig or any command like that from the Command Shell. On XP it's in Start Accessories.

 

[martind1]

first take a look at your ip address and make sure it is one that your router would assing to you and not a 169. whatever the error ip is(brain fart on that)

if you ahve a good ip then most likely you would be able to ping your router. whihc would mean your nic and cable are working.

lets establish this first

 

[Carbo]

Turns out the problem was XP Home did not pick up the NIC, so no driver was installed. I had to run the Dell Drivers and Utilities CD to install it, along with the audio and video drivers, also. I am quite surprised that those drivers are not auto installed by the OS. Oh, well, live and learn....
Thank you.