The NIC is built in to the mobo, which is an ECS K7VMM. It is a VIA Fast Network card 10/100B
The Switch is a netgear FS model, don't have the numbers off hand. Keep in mind this is all hard-wired, and not wireless.
So, the deal is, the system picks up an IP from DHCP (10.0.1.15) but won't load any websites. Finally, after messing with settings for hours I can get it to load pages by going to device manager and switching the speed from auto-negotiate to 10T Half Duplex (or something like that). However, with this setting changed it works pretty slow, I'd say about half as fast as typical broadband. When I connect my laptop it works fine and at full speed.
The problematic machine is running WinXP Pro with no service packs. I would download the updates from a separate machine and install them, but this is a computer at work that is extremely crucial for the business, and I don't want to risk breaking anything. I've personally been BSODed from windows update, so am a bit wary.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Mitch
The Switch is a netgear FS model, don't have the numbers off hand. Keep in mind this is all hard-wired, and not wireless.
So, the deal is, the system picks up an IP from DHCP (10.0.1.15) but won't load any websites. Finally, after messing with settings for hours I can get it to load pages by going to device manager and switching the speed from auto-negotiate to 10T Half Duplex (or something like that). However, with this setting changed it works pretty slow, I'd say about half as fast as typical broadband. When I connect my laptop it works fine and at full speed.
The problematic machine is running WinXP Pro with no service packs. I would download the updates from a separate machine and install them, but this is a computer at work that is extremely crucial for the business, and I don't want to risk breaking anything. I've personally been BSODed from windows update, so am a bit wary.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Mitch