Re: Win XP says it is connected to the LAN, but will not go Online

Yes we had to do that when we first set it up March of last year (Qwest &
DTV) and was told we could have one to six computers on the same line with no
problems, and we have had no problems till now.

"- Bobb -" wrote:


"beamish" <beamish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"AzDesertRat_53" wrote:

I have four computers on a LAN but suddenly one will not go online.

I have turned every thing off, Modem, router, all four computers, for
more
than ten minets. Then turn on the modem wait for all the lights to turn
green, then power on the router and wait for the green lights, then
plug in
each cable one at a time and wait for the light to come on then the
next
cable until all four are installed with lights on. Then turn on each
computer, making sure that it can go online before turning on the next
one
and so on till all four are on.

I have tried changing to another port on the router with the computer
that
won't go online. No Joy
Changed the NIC card to another PCI slot. Changed the NIC card for a
known
working one. No Joy
Then swapped cables, still NO JOY!
What the Heck is it !?!
Also every time I did somthing, Windows still tells me it is connected.

Last night I saved what files I wanted, and wiped the hard drive clean,
then
installed windows XP home edition, and It Still Does the Same Thing!!!

Hello,
Plenty of good suggestions.
Remove the router and the other computers and use a direct connection
from
the modem to the problem computer.

take care.
beamish.

I was gonna suggest that but generally ( for Comcast near me anyways),
user needs to call ISP with MAC address for them to allow the hw onto
their network ( otherwise the hw seen as intruder).



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