Re: Can't run ipconfig

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Charlie wrote:
"Lem" <lemp40@unknownhost> wrote in message news:%23CrAFnfEKHA.4316@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Charlie wrote:
I have a newly acquired laptop and changed the router to a wireless one to be able to use it around the house.
The LAN has two wired PCs and a wireless printer as well as the laptop.

I have been chasing down a problem in trying to access files on one of the wired PCs from the laptop.
As part of this task, I was checking all the IP addresses using ipconfig.

When I try this from the laptop it fails. The message is: An internal error occurred. A device attached to the system is not functioning. Contact support etc. Additional information: Unknown media status code.

The laptop connects to the network and can go online. I haven't tried today, but it has sent files to the printer OK.

Right now I just want to resolve the IP address issue so I can try pinging etc.

Charlie
Are you using ipconfig /all ? If so, try just ipconfig. Ipconfig /all reports information from all network adapters bound to TCP/IP. If you are successfully connecting to your network, at least one adapter is working and the error may be coming from an adapter that aren't currently using.

If you go to Network Connections, you should see all of the adapters. You can check to see which are bound to TCP/IP from the connections Properties *** under "This connection uses the following items."

Also check the status of your network adapters in Device Manager.

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Lem -- MS-MVP

Apollo 11 - 40 years ago this month: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/40th/index.html


I have been using plain ipconfig. Not every device on the LAN is turned on, but that did not bother the two wired units. The inability to get the IP address is only on the laptop run in wireless mode. I have not tried wiring the laptop into the router to see what that produces.


Charlie



I didn't mean other devices on the LAN but other network adapters in the same computer. If you have a wireless adapter, chances are you have at least two more: a wired adapter and a FireWire (IEEE 1394). Did you look in Device Manager to determine that *all* of your network adapters are functioning properly?

Have you ever used the wired adapter?

You said that the laptop was "newly acquired." That suggests that it is not actually new (only new to you). Did you do a clean install of Windows (you should have done so)?

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Lem -- MS-MVP

Apollo 11 - 40 years ago this month: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/40th/index.html
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