Computer Will Not Ping or Get an IP Address, I'm out of ideas!

[Nighthawk69]

Hi there...

I just upgraded my home fileserver to some olf parts I had laying around: AMD Athlon Classic 600Mhz with an FIC SD11 mobo. I have a Kingston KNE20 ISA 10base-T NIC in there and the system is running a fresh copy of Windows 2000 Professional. The problem here is that the computer will not access the network. I have an SMC router that is all configured properly with 3 other computers on it, but this one will not go. Here is what I have tried:

1. Windows saw the NIC as "NE2000 Compatible" so I tried changing the driver to the Kingston KNE20 ISA 10Mbit driver that Win2k has with it--that did not help.
2. I have tried both static and dynamic IP's.
3. I tried powering everything off--including the router--then bring the router back on then the computer; no luck.
4. I have tried releasing and renewing the IP and it still says it cannot contact the DHCP server.
5. I have changed the computer name and tried different static IP's.

But, after all of that it still will not ping anything but it's own IP (but it only has one if I assign it a static one). I also cannot ping it from any other computer on the network.

All computers arehooked directly into the router--3 wireless and this one is wired; it worked fine before upgrading.

Whatelse should I try to do?

Any suggestions are appreciated!

Thanks!

 

[Nighthawk69]

I just found something else as well that may help find the problem...

If I double-click on the network connection icon in the system tray, then ping something while watching that data, it says that 0 packets have been sent and 0 packets have been received.

That sounds bad...

Any ideas?

 

[manly]

Sounds like you should buy a decent $10 NIC.

 

[Nighthawk69]

hehe, but it worked before! I'm thinking maybe the ISA slot in that board has a problem, since last time I tried to use the board with an ISA modem it had a problem as well.

 

[freegeeks]

put it in another ISA slot (if you have one)

 

[nihil]

check the nic
check the isa slot
check the cables

 

[Sukhoi]

Do you get a link light from the LED?

 

[spyordie007]

if you do get a link light before you go swapping out the board make sure you reinstall the thing, I always like to look for the easiest fix first...

-Spy

 

[tboneuls]

I agree - I have had problems with all of the ISA nics ive tried - just spend 10 a PCI one - personally, I like the Linksys LNE100TX

 

[JustinLerner]

How old is the ISA NIC? Some older ISA NIC's have jumpers and/or flash memory for settings and may or may not support PNP. So even though your 2000 PC detects the NIC, it may try to set the IRQ, base memory to a range that is acceptable to 2000 for a NIC, but your NIC may be refusing to do so because you need to change it via a DOS utility or jumpers.

What do you see while the PC boots up? Do the same settings appear when you enter 2000 as what was observed during boot?