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Need help connecting notebook to router

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imported_Jubei

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Help!! I have spent a whole day trying to get my notebook to connect to my Netgear router!!

My current setup : desktop (Asus A8N-E with Win XP Home English edition) connected via wire to a Netgear WGR614v6 plugged into a DSL modem.
This afternoon, I plugged my notebook (Fujitsu S6110 running Win XP Home Chinese edition) into the Netgear thru ethernet cable and downloaded my mail. No problems.

Tried doing that again tonight. The router just would not "connect" with my notebook or maybe it is the other way round. Anyway, the lan LEDs on the router did not light up and my notebook refuses to acknowledge that any cable is plugged into it. What's odd is while the Local Area Connection icon stays unconnected (I can't even click on the status tab in the context menu) there is another 1394 Connection that seems to be connected. Well, anyway the timer in it is ticking away.

I have tried troubleshooting as recommended in the manuals but with no success. All along my desktop is working perfectly, accessing the internet via the router, so I suppose the Netgear is working OK and it is not a router problem.

Any suggestions on what I should do?? Should I buy a PCMIA card and try getting connected wirelessly?? I was thinking of going wireless but thought I should keep it simple and getting it right yes. Well, so much for that. Would going wireless help me out??

Thanks in advance.
 
The 1394 is the Firewire, if you do not use it disable it.

In General, you can debug the Network Settings of a computer by following these steps.

Step One. Check the Network parameters in the Computer's Device Manager. Make sure that the Network Card drivers are installed correctly; i.e. there is No IRQ conflict, and No Ghost installation. http://www.ezlan.net/faq#ghost

Step Two. Verify Basic network setting in the OS: http://www.ezlan.net/Installing#verify If the above two Steps indicates that every thing looks good but functionally it does not work.

Step Three. Check (and repair if necessary) the Socket Layers, Winsock, and or refresh the TCP/IP Stack. http://www.ezlan.net/clean#refreshnet

If need to Reinstall the Network Settings; Log to this page, it have a lot of links to instructions for Windows Network Installation - http://www.ezlan.net/Installing.html

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