Re: Limited or No Connectivity

Hans-Georg,

B-I-N-G-O !!

You were absoultly correct! The answer did lie in your web site.

In going through it very carefully, and filling out the form for the
Desktop, it stated:
To start the repair installation, proceed as follows.
Boot from a full retail Windows XP installation CD. Most OEM CDs do not
allow repair installations.

Even though I only have an OEM version of XP Pro, I changed the bios to boot
from the CD drive and did a repair from there. When it finished I set the
TCP/IP properties, on both machines, to obtain an address automatically.
Then ran the wizard on the Desktop, followed by running it on the Notebook.
B-I-N-G-O! Everything fell right into place. Now when I do a 'ipconfig/all'
on the Desktop, this is what I get:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : CURTIS

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : hsd1.mn.comcast.net.

Ethernet adapter Home Network:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast
Ethernet NIC

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-D8-E6-8C-1E

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Internet Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.mn.comcast.net.

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Motorola SURFboard SB5100 USB
Cable Modem

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-9F-49-3D-5B

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 66.41.187.105

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.252.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 66.41.184.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.77.10

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.77.130

68.87.72.130

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, May 03, 2006 9:57:31 AM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, May 06, 2006 9:19:18 AM

Nothing seems to have changed here.

Now here is the ipconfig/all from the Notebook:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Notebook

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mshome.net

Ethernet adapter Home Network:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mshome.net

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network
Connection

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-7B-8D-52-15

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.10

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, May 03, 2006 10:04:18
AM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, May 10, 2006 10:04:18
AM

The one thing that I notice is that the Node Type has changed from 'Unknown'
to 'Mixed'.

Locgically this tells me that the problem was with the Windows installation
on the Desktop... something had gone South.

I would like to THANK you very much for your time and persistant help in
solving this problem. I'm very sure that it was getting as frustrating for
you as it was for me... both of us sitting there scatching our heads,
wondeing where to go next.

Again, Hans-Georg, many thank's!

Cookie

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