OK, I'm stumped.

[rcomo]

Thanks for the help in advance.

First, let me tell you the specs:

Linksys WRT54G router

Laptop (working on wireless, works great): Win XP Home
Main rig (connected in port 1, wired, working great): Win XP Home
Secondary rig (connected in port 2, wired, NOT WORKING): Win XP Professional
Stats: Mobo - ECS Elitegroup N2U400-A
Proc - AMD Athalon XP 2400+, MMX, 3D Now, ~2.0ghz
Ram - 256mb
Vid - GeoForce 4 Ti 4600 128mb..

Ok this is the deal.

Called Linksys because the secondary PC is not connecting to web (IE says page cannot be displayed). Ran->cmd doing a ping yahoo.com and others, those showed sent 4 received 4. 0% packetloss. 90ms trip average.

Tech support said it was the OS, doesnt seem right at all to me. XP Prof is supposed to be rock solid??

Upgraded all drivers (lan ports, mobo drivers, vid drivers, etc) and installed Mozilla; Mozilla connected for a few seconds until it boots me to the "page cannot be displayed" page.

I also dropped (removed from system) MSN dialup (an old service that I was using in dialup) and rebooted machine FYI.

Ideas??

 

[BlueWeasel]

Bad ethernet cable?
Try ports other than #2?
Bad network card?

The tech support guy that said that the problem is XP Pro is an idiot.

 

[rcomo]

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel

The tech support guy that said that the problem is XP Pro is an idiot.

I will try to use the same cable and port as my other rig that is currently working and see if that fixes the problem. Also, will run to office depot and buy a cheap netwrok card and use that to seee if lan port is bad.

And I agree BW. The tech guy that suggested it was the OS is not the smartest of individuals.

If this has ever happened to anyone else, or anyone has a different suggestion on a fix, please let me know. Thanks again.