Post subject: Problems connecting to campus network
Posted: Tue 08-31-2004 2:10PM
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Joined: Thu 09-25-2003 8:14PM Posts: 2314
Source: TJ Hall
Yet another computer question from me...hopefully my last one for awhile
Ok, i got WinXP installed on my computer and working good. My motherboard (ABIT NF7-S) has onboard LAN. I go to the network connections folder and it shows the connection, and says its connected at 400 mB/s. Then, when double clicking on it it says my IP address (which i of course need to register the machine) is unavialable. It also says that the piece of hardware (1394 network adapter, or something like that) is working perfectly.
I have installed all the drivers for the equipment on my motherboard, using the CD that came with it. It said it was installing ethernet drivers. The computer is of course connected to the network using an ethernet cable, and the cable has a green backlight in the socket when i plug it in to the back of the computer.
I also tried running ipconfig from the dos command line, and nothing happened, it just said "Windows IP configuriation" and went back to the command line.
I tried calling the helpdesk, and they told me to reinstall the drivers and restart the computer (which i did). Same thing.
So...anyone have any ideas on what my problem can be? I'm thinking that the OS and my hardware aren't working together properly. I'm about to rip the LAN card out of my old computer, but i would like to use the onboard lan on my mobo.
just 2 quick things i'll point out:
1) you need your MAC address to register your machine
2) the "1394 network adapter" would be a firewire controller, not a nic...so it would appear the nic isn't being recognized...have you checked if it can be enabled/disabled in the bios?
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