How-To Geek

Hey.

I finally finished re-installing Win XP Pro SP3 32-bit on my computer, and that went just fine. I actually made my own CD with nLite. And i used the same drivers as before (i just copied all of them with a program called DriverMax).

Can anyone help me out? It just doesn't work. I've tried setting up all new kinds of connections, but it wont work. :( I've also tried ipconfig /renew, but no luck there either.

Right now i'm using a broadband (i think!?). I've got a plug in my wall with a wire that goes into my switch, and from there there is a cable that goes right into my computer (and some other cables to other computers too). I usually never have problems with this, but when i do, i really get stuck :/

The installation went just fine, no errors at all. And the computer seems to be running just as it should, exept the internet connection...

Check out this screenshot. It says i'm connected, but i can't connect :S

Thanks in advance.
-Nike

Can you ping any sites?
Click Start -->Run then type CMD
at the DOS prompt type:
ping www.yahoo.com
You should see something like this:

Pinging www-real.wa1.b.yahoo.com [209.191.93.52] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 209.191.93.52: bytes=32 time=47ms TTL=55
Reply from 209.191.93.52: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=55
Reply from 209.191.93.52: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=55
Reply from 209.191.93.52: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=55

Ping statistics for 209.191.93.52:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 36ms, Maximum = 47ms, Average = 40ms

Well the reference to Topcom TSH-205 set bells ringing in my head. Turns out, we have discussed this device before in this old thread. You seemed to know more about the switch back then.

If I understand your setup correctly, it should be ethernet cable going from the wall to the switch and from the switch to the PC. This is not the same as phone cable. See this networking guide that shows the symbol for an ethernet port, the difference between an ethernet connector and a phone connector, and other good information.

So, if we really are dealing with ethernet connections, then you still have the problem that your network connections, from the screen shot above, has a 1394 connection, but not a Local Area Connection. It's even more bizarre that Windows sees the 1394 connection as "connected". Is there something plugged into the 1394 port?

Back then, when i posted those posts, i actually thought it was a router, which it isn't.

Anyways...

"If I understand your setup correctly, it should be ethernet cable going from the wall to the switch and from the switch to the PC."

Yes that's correct. (thanks for the link, i'll read more about that later!)

"Is there something plugged into the 1394 port?" What exactly do you mean by that?

And what is the 1394 connection used for? Shouldn't i just have a Local Area connection instead?

No there isn't.

My moms computer (which i'm using right now) has both a 1394 connection and a Local Area connection. it says that both of them are Connected.

Alright. But when i try to make a new connection i get this window. What should i choose?

Thanks. I'll try that as soon as i get time... i'm going away for the day and will get home pretty late, so i'll probably do it tomorrow morning. I'll post back here with the results.

:)

Did you disable the 1394 Connection? The new connection wizard didn't create a Local Area Connection?

What does your Network Connections windows show now?

Also, just to make sure it wasn't the cable that was broken... i tried to plug it out and then plug it in again. If i'm not wrong, you usually get a little balloon tip in the system tray saying a new cable is plugged in (or something similar), but i don't get it now. Nothing happens when i plug it in/out.

If i can't solve this today, i'm gonna have to install my old Windows XP CD again. The old one always works, but i have to wait like 500 years to finish all the updates etc... And that's a SP2 disk (i think).

Could this be a driver problem? I seriously doubt it is, cause as i said in the first post, i copied all the drivers from my old OS to my new CD. Maybe some of the drivers didn't install correctly? Is there a way to check that?

And... nite asked before if i could ping any websites. No, i can't, but i can ping my own computer (127.0.0.1) with results.

Ok. I went there, and under Network Adapters there are two items (look in the screenshot below), which both have red X's on them. All other items are just fine. The reason they have red X's on them is because both of the connections i have are disabled. If i enable the adapters, the connections are also enabled.