Re: XP Unable to Connect to Internet

From: David (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/26/04 

Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 12:54:17 -0800

Well...I work on an XP machine all day and it just dawned
on me to try and run ipconfig here. I see I have to
actually open a window to DOS with cmd.exe. ipconfig and
ipconfig /all display LOTS of info. I will run
ipconfig /all at home and post it here.

Thanks again for your comments...

>-----Original Message-----
>can you ping a public IP like 4.2.2.1? which the DNS you
use? or post the
>result of ipconfig /all here.
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>"David" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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>news:2b6601c3fc9a$ca65acd0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>> Guys...I'm a real XP newbie and I sure could use a
little
>> help and advice. I've serached for answers, but so far
>> I'm still unable to solve my problem
>>
>> I recently installed XP Home Edition on my wife's
computer
>> (at her insistance) and now the internet is simply not
>> there. Here's my situation:
>>
>> I'm attempting to access the internet via a D-Link DI-
704P
>> router which is functioning perfectly. In fact, the
>> router "sees" the XP computer regardless of the name I
>> give it and assigns the same IP address each time. So I
>> know I'm getting at least to the router. I've turned
off
>> the XP firewall. I do have ZoneAlarm Pro installed but
>> it's not running. Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition is
>> installed and running. I have three users with
>> common "people" name....no "Guest" or "Administrator".
>> The LAN connection is integral with the motherboard
>> (GigaByte GA-7N400-L)and was working perfectly with
>> Windows 98SE just yesterday. I do in fact see the Local
>> Area Connection icon and it's functioning as expected
>> according to XP. I've run the internet connection setup
>> wizard a number of times with no luck. If I swap the
LAN
>> cable to another computer in the room I have no problem
>> accessing the internet. QoS Packet Scheduler is not
>> installed and when I enter manually the Gateway, DNS,
IP,
>> and etc. I know to be correct, still nothing happens.
>>
>> Am I supposed to logon as "Administrator" to set up the
>> connection? If so, how do I do that? When I restart,
all
>> I see are the three users; none of which have a
password.
>> No passwords were assigned at installation.
>>
>> I feel as though the router may be part of the problem,
>> but I've set the XP machine's IP as a simple "pass
>> through" in the router. D-Link calls this pure exposure
>> to the internet the DMZ.
>>
>> If anybody has any suggestions or comments, I sure would
>> be appreciative....
>> David
>>
>> ku4hx@yahoo.com
>>
>>
>>
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