New install - no connection

[Menno Hershberger]

Someone in my area has called me and asked for help. He had a hard drive
crash so he put in a new drive and reinstalled Media Center Edition. He
accesses the internet through DSL and a router. Another computer is also
plugged into the router and is working fine. On this computer, he has no
internet access. Under the "status" tab it says "connected" but under the
support tab the IP address, subnet mask, and gateway lines are all empty.
If he unplugs the ethernet cable, nothing changes. It still says it is
connected. Also, the icon in the tray that should appear with the red X and
the "network cable unplugged" message does not appear. He was having no
problems before the crash. This is something that I've never experienced
before. If it sounds familiar to anyone, plese clue me in as to what might
be going on! The LAN is built in.

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--- Long live Fat32! ---

 

[Rich Barry]

Did he reinstall all the necessary drivers?
"Menno Hershberger" <mhersh22@nosuchplace.net> wrote in message
news:Xns9D04A0C13DA00butter@wefb973cbe498...
> Someone in my area has called me and asked for help. He had a hard drive
> crash so he put in a new drive and reinstalled Media Center Edition. He
> accesses the internet through DSL and a router. Another computer is also
> plugged into the router and is working fine. On this computer, he has no
> internet access. Under the "status" tab it says "connected" but under the
> support tab the IP address, subnet mask, and gateway lines are all empty.
> If he unplugs the ethernet cable, nothing changes. It still says it is
> connected. Also, the icon in the tray that should appear with the red X
> and
> the "network cable unplugged" message does not appear. He was having no
> problems before the crash. This is something that I've never experienced
> before. If it sounds familiar to anyone, plese clue me in as to what might
> be going on! The LAN is built in.
>
> --
> --- Long live Fat32! ---

 

[Terry R.]

On 1/18/2010 1:48 PM On a whim, Menno Hershberger pounded out on the
keyboard

> Someone in my area has called me and asked for help. He had a hard drive
> crash so he put in a new drive and reinstalled Media Center Edition. He
> accesses the internet through DSL and a router. Another computer is also
> plugged into the router and is working fine. On this computer, he has no
> internet access. Under the "status" tab it says "connected" but under the
> support tab the IP address, subnet mask, and gateway lines are all empty.
> If he unplugs the ethernet cable, nothing changes. It still says it is
> connected. Also, the icon in the tray that should appear with the red X and
> the "network cable unplugged" message does not appear. He was having no
> problems before the crash. This is something that I've never experienced
> before. If it sounds familiar to anyone, plese clue me in as to what might
> be going on! The LAN is built in.
>

Are you sure the icon in the tray is for the ethernet that is plugged
in? Doesn't sound like it.

Look in Device Manager (start, run, type devmgmt.msc and click OK) and
see if the network adapter is showing and that the driver is installed
properly.


Terry R.
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[Brian A.]

"Menno Hershberger" <mhersh22@nosuchplace.net> wrote in message
news:Xns9D04A0C13DA00butter@wefb973cbe498
> Someone in my area has called me and asked for help. He had a hard drive
> crash so he put in a new drive and reinstalled Media Center Edition. He
> accesses the internet through DSL and a router. Another computer is also
> plugged into the router and is working fine. On this computer, he has no
> internet access. Under the "status" tab it says "connected" but under the
> support tab the IP address, subnet mask, and gateway lines are all empty.
> If he unplugs the ethernet cable, nothing changes. It still says it is
> connected. Also, the icon in the tray that should appear with the red X
> and the "network cable unplugged" message does not appear. He was having
> no problems before the crash. This is something that I've never
> experienced before. If it sounds familiar to anyone, plese clue me in as
> to what might be going on! The LAN is built in.
>
> --
> --- Long live Fat32! ---

Right click My Network Places on the Desktop.
Click Properties.
Right click Local Area Connection.
Click Properties.

Under "This connection uses....."
Click "Client for MS Networks".
Click Properties.
Select "Windows Locator" from the dropdown box, if disabled skip.
Click Ok.

Scroll to and select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
Click Properties.

Under the General tab make sure "Obtain an IP address automatically" is
selected.
Click the Advanced button.

Under the DNS tab:
Selected "Append Primary and Parent DNS suffixes.
Register this connections address in DNS"

Under the WINS tab > NetBIOS:
Selected Default.
Ok out of MNP.
Reboot if required.

Test connectivity:
Open a command prompt, click Start > Run, type in: cmd and press Enter.
At the prompt type each command below and press Enter after each.
**Note: Space denoted by ^. Do not type the ^.

ping ^ 192.168.1.1 *Routers IP, change as necessary.
If it times out then there is no communication between the router and machine.
If it doesn't time out then the machine has communication with the router.

ping ^ google.com
If it times out then there is no connection to the net.
If it doesn't time out then net connection is established and all is well.

ping ^ 127.0.0.1
If it fails it may be a TCP/IP stack problem.

Ping each computer from the other using the UNC:
ping ^ computername
If it fails either way there's an IP or Name resolution problem.

If pinging times out on any address, check if the machines IP is correct along
with other settings.
ipconfig ^ /all
If anything isn't correct, at the prompt type and press Enter after each
command:

ipconfig ^ /release
ipconfig ^ /flushdns
ipconfig ^ /renew
ipconfig ^ /registerdns
exit
If that fails reopen the command prompt, run /release and /flushdns only and
exit.

Shut down the machine(s).
Pull the power from the router.
Pull the power from the modem.
Wait approx 30 secs.
Apply power to the modem and wait for it to finish synchronizing with the cable.
Apply power to the router and wait for it to finish synchronizing with the
modem.
Power up the machine(s).
The machine(s) should now be assigned a new IP from the router.
Run ipconfig or attempt net connection to test.



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How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

[thanatoid]

Menno Hershberger <mhersh22@nosuchplace.net> wrote in
news:Xns9D04A0C13DA00butter@wefb973cbe498:

> Someone in my area has called me and asked for help. He had
> a hard drive crash so he put in a new drive and reinstalled
> Media Center Edition. He accesses the internet through DSL
> and a router. Another computer is also plugged into the
> router and is working fine. On this computer, he has no
> internet access.

<SNIP>

If you try all the suggested fixes and nothing works, Google for
"XP TCP/IP fix"

http://www.google.com/search?q=XP+TCP/IP+fix&hl=en&ie=ISO-
8859-1

and try the one that seems most friendly. You could try it first
- it won't break anything more than it is already.

READ the info/instructions before doing anything just in case.




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and those that will break later.
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not the ball player. But who knows. I can't remember where I got
the quote. But it's true.)

 

[Menno Hershberger]

thanatoid <waiting@the.exit.invalid> wrote in
news:Xns9D04CD183E330thanexit@188.40.43.245:

> Menno Hershberger <mhersh22@nosuchplace.net> wrote in
> news:Xns9D04A0C13DA00butter@wefb973cbe498:
>
>> Someone in my area has called me and asked for help. He had
>> a hard drive crash so he put in a new drive and reinstalled
>> Media Center Edition. He accesses the internet through DSL
>> and a router. Another computer is also plugged into the
>> router and is working fine. On this computer, he has no
>> internet access.
>
><SNIP>
>
> If you try all the suggested fixes and nothing works, Google for
> "XP TCP/IP fix"
>
> http://www.google.com/search?q=XP+TCP/IP+fix&hl=en&ie=ISO-
> 8859-1
>
> and try the one that seems most friendly. You could try it first
> - it won't break anything more than it is already.
>
> READ the info/instructions before doing anything just in case.

I had already tried most everything suggested. I had the guy come and get a
network card from me. He took it home, put it in, and it worked fine. So it
had to have been a hardware problem. He has two local area connections now.
Both say they're connected and the new one actually works. If he unplugs
the cable, the appropriate "network cable unplugged" comes up.
The original one can probably be disabled in BIOS, but it's working so he's
going to leave it alone.
Thanks to everyone for all the input.

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--- Long live Fat32! ---

 

[Terry R.]

On 1/20/2010 5:21 PM On a whim, Menno Hershberger pounded out on the
keyboard

> thanatoid<waiting@the.exit.invalid> wrote in
> news:Xns9D04CD183E330thanexit@188.40.43.245:
>
>> Menno Hershberger<mhersh22@nosuchplace.net> wrote in
>> news:Xns9D04A0C13DA00butter@wefb973cbe498:
>>
>>> Someone in my area has called me and asked for help. He had
>>> a hard drive crash so he put in a new drive and reinstalled
>>> Media Center Edition. He accesses the internet through DSL
>>> and a router. Another computer is also plugged into the
>>> router and is working fine. On this computer, he has no
>>> internet access.
>>
>> <SNIP>
>>
>> If you try all the suggested fixes and nothing works, Google for
>> "XP TCP/IP fix"
>>
>> http://www.google.com/search?q=XP+TCP/IP+fix&hl=en&ie=ISO-
>> 8859-1
>>
>> and try the one that seems most friendly. You could try it first
>> - it won't break anything more than it is already.
>>
>> READ the info/instructions before doing anything just in case.
>
> I had already tried most everything suggested. I had the guy come and get a
> network card from me. He took it home, put it in, and it worked fine. So it
> had to have been a hardware problem. He has two local area connections now.
> Both say they're connected and the new one actually works. If he unplugs
> the cable, the appropriate "network cable unplugged" comes up.
> The original one can probably be disabled in BIOS, but it's working so he's
> going to leave it alone.
> Thanks to everyone for all the input.
>

You can disable the bad NIC in Device Manager.


Terry R.
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