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Limited or no connectivity
Hey guys what's up, I just got an XPS 600, for whatever reason when I plugged in the internet cable it gives me a limited to no connectivity error with it... Me assuming it might be the ethernet card itself I went out a purchased a new one... A linksys ethernet adapter, but I am getting the same problem
Now I hear that since XP SP2 came out this is quite common, but this PC has XP SP3 and I CAN get on the internet but only through a router and adapter that I purchased to maybe install the driver from the old NIC to see if it'll do the trick...
Old NIC not connecting, new NIC not working, and the internet isn't the issue, I plug it right back in to my XPS 410 and it works just fine, I googled everything possible still to no avail, I called Intel and those idiotic outsourced workers were of no use, I called twice being hung up twice, once after being on hold for over 45 mins...
I purchased this computer very cheap, since it's a P4 HT, I kinda think I still paid too much now knowing this thing doesn't connect...
My plan was to sell my XPS 410 and use the XPS 600 until I can save up cash and build my own PC from scratch, but with this PC not being able to connect, I am at a loss
SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!!!
P.S I HOPE THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE TO POST THIS
AlanKS
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Posted September 22nd, 2008 21:00
Presumeably as you are online you have both a working and non-working system on the same network even if not at the same time.
Compare the network settings for both systems. If they are on the same network then the only value that should be different is the last number of the IP Address of the network device connected to the network. If the settings are set manually then any differences apart fom that one should be corrected. If you are using DHCP from your router then the commonest cause for "limited connectivity" is a failure to get an address from the DHCP server.
Just in case you are not familiar with it you can check your network settings as a table from the command prompt:
Start -> Run, type cmd then click ok
A black DOS box opens with a flashing cursor
Type ipconfig /all
A list of setting will be displayed and part will be similar to this:
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : *your card model*
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : *different for every card*
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes {No for manual}
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::7cdd:9e25:6413:f497%10(Preferred) {only if Vista}
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.64.251.24(Preferred) {last value (24) must be different from working PC}
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 22 September 2008 23:16:33
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 25 September 2008 23:16:32
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.64.251.1 {your router address}
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.64.251.2 {normally the same as gateway}
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.64.251.2 {normally the same as gateway}
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled