Windows 2000 Networking [can't connect to router]

Hello all,

I have spent about 40 hours trying to get my internet to work on my windows 2000 computer and I have just given up and I am about to sell my windows 2000 disk on ebay. My question is, how exactly do I get Windows 2000 to recognize my ethernet port? I am connected to a router and I can't figure out how to connect to the internet.

 

Is it Internet access or networking in general that is not working? For exampler, can you connect to the router? can you ping the router? What are you settings for IP in Windows 2000?

What is your IP Address in W2K? Check this by opening the command prompt and typing ipconfig /all. Post the results here.

DRD

 

My internet connection works on my other computers, and I cannot ping the router. There is nothing listed when i type ipconfig /all

 

Don't forget that ALL systems on the network must have the same ID. In other words if the network id is Clyde all systems have to have the id Clyde.

Anyone... I know what I'm saying but don't know if I'm saying it right. Please correct my vocabulary.

Don't know if this applys here but I also know that when I put in my DSL router I needed to have the login for the router the same as for the DSL modem.

This is just a guess but by the following:

I would guess that the system in question has an address that is out of range of the others.

 

If you can't ping the router you either have the network setup done wrong or else you have a bad piece of hardware (network card or cable).

If you open a cmd window, key in

Code:

ipconfig /all > c:\config.txt

and copy the contents of the c:\config.txt file then paste it here it will make diagnosing the problem somewhat easier.

Moving this to the networking section.

 

Have you looked at the Network Card in device manager?
Any yellow question marks in device manager?

Have you tried changing cables?

No configuration to do just plug it in and DHCP should hand it an address.

Since you did a ipconfig /all and got nothing it's either dead NIC, Dead cable, dead port on the router, or the NIC is disabled.

Not true at the level we are discussing here. That is only for sharing resources such as printers and file sharing.

 

Really?? The DSL router and wireless remote adapter I have between my 2 systems insisted that both systems have the same ID. This is just routing DSL. It's a Linksys router and a D-Link adapter. Is this, mayhaps, just unique to my hardware combination?

 

It sounds like you are talking about the SSID that wireless networking uses. This needs to be the same, but the previous comment by ssmith10pn was talking about the workgroup. Workgroup is not needed to be able to communicate, just for sharing and even then you can get around that.

DRD

 

Well, thankyou, Netdoc!!!!

You taught me something. That is always something that I appreciate!!! This thankyou also goes out to Mattman, Rockster2u, Petec, Newt, and numerous others!!!!

The people here have taught me more than I have teached by a long shot. I really appreciate that and wanted you to know.

 

Glad to help. In this business you NEVER stop learning.

DRD

 

I agree 100%. Thats why My experience is stated as "Always Learning ".

 

The only problem is the some of the things we learn only has a half-life of about two years and then the process has to begin again. Sure keeps life interesting.

DRD

 

I've been messing with these things for around 26 years!!! I've gone through 13 lives of these things??? No wonder I'm brain fried!!!

Your right though. I remember when it was a BIG deal when I got my first floppy and could quit saving stuff to a cassette tape. And THEN I went to 64k of ram!!! WOW!

Ha, ha, Mayhaps I should start a nostalgia thread...

 

6 months ago I could remove spyware with my eyes shut.
I havent had a spyware issue to deal with in about 4 months.
I took on one recently and I have worked on it off and on for 2 weeks!
It frustrated me at how fast I lost those skills.
Networking on the other hand hasnt changed much except the user interfaces have gotten much more friendly.

 

Ah! Cassettes. Weren't they fun? I remember two floppies, no HD! $100 + for 1 meg of RAM! 80 MB was a BIG hard drive!

And my personal favorite was Mr. Gates telling us that we would never need more than 640K RAM. Wasn't that what conventional memory was all about.

DRD