Re: Complex Internet Connectivity Problem

Charlie:

Thank you for taking time to help me with this issue. I have answered your
questions below.

First question, are there any lights on the NIC? Can you see or ping the
machine from another on the network?

The link light is lit, but there is no activity. The number of packets
transmitted/received stays at zero. No, I cannot see or ping the desktop
from another on the network.

I wonder if the new BIOS is not dealing with the PCI bus properly or if
perhaps there's an IO conflict?

Device manager is not indicating any conflicts between any devices. Each
device has its own IRQ. I spoke with a tech person at eSupport (the people
who I bought the new BIOS from) and they said that it was working properly.

Anything showing up with yellow ? marks in the hardware list?

No.

I've had problems with fairly recent linksys and d-link NICs while old
Compaq cards seem to work fine. I just ended up buying a cheap $10 Airtel
card that solved my problems instantly, yet I have tried probably 6 others
that seem to work in some machines and not others :)

Right now, I have a NetGear FA311v2 installed. Yes, I did originally have a
Linksys LNE100TXv5 installed. Both have the same problem. I hate to go out
and buy another NIC --even a cheap one-- and find out that I have the same
problem.

Other than these things it looks like you tried just about everything.

Well, not quite everything. I could reformat the drive and start all over
again. What are the chances that doing that would fix the problem?

Although symptoms are showing up in various places, I'm thinking that this
is a problem in one of three areas:

1) DHCP

2) APIPA

3) WinPoET

I have tried removing most internet protocols from the registry,
uninstalling TCP/IP, File & Print Sharing, and Client for Microsoft Networks.
Then, reinstalling everything. There is no change.

When DHCP and APIPA are enabled, I get an IP address of 169.254.186.246 and
a DHCP Server address of 255.255.255.255.

Again, thanks for your assistance. Any other suggestions would be
appreciated.







"Fractalman93" <Fractalman93@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:62536F23-E5A6-4C5D-A302-DB4113EC6DD9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Please read the following thread posted on dslreports.com. It is long.
So,
take your time. This is an ongoing problem that I would like to solve
AQAP.

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16304536

Thanks.

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