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| Thread ID: 47940 | 2004-08-09 20:42:00 | Network card wont work correctly | bob_doe_nz (92) | Press F1 |
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| 259966 | 2004-08-09 20:42:00 | ive got a toshiba satellite pro 4300 laptop running windows 98 SE with updates and i just recently installed a pcmcia network card (no name brand) based on the realtek chipset. i installed the device with no problems, however when i assign an ip address to the device it wont use it. ipconfig says something like 0 ethernet adapter ip address : 0.0.0.0 subnet mask : 0.0.0.0 even though i assigned an address. winipcfg is the same. i tried the other slot with the same problem and the diganostic programs on the driver disk wont recognise the network card so they wont work. i have not tried the latest drivers from realtek but will try later this evening. there are no device conflicts |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 259967 | 2004-08-09 20:55:00 | Does windows 98 have ipconfig... i thought that was an NT 2K XP thing.... I know winipcfg is a 9x thing.... when you type winipcfg... it shows you both the dial-up adapter and the erthernet adapter... but the dial-up first... when the dial up when not connected it shows 0.0.0.0 & 0.0.0.0 have you changed it to show the erthernet adapter...? A simply thing... but if so... sorry... |
00falcon (3801) | ||
| 259968 | 2004-08-09 21:29:00 | oh i installed an unofficial windows 98 service pack. but anyway i can only see the one adapter under winipcfg, no other options |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 259969 | 2004-08-09 22:24:00 | network cards are the screwiest things when they dont work properly... and then one day when you least expect it, it randomly starts working. | Jimmy D (2061) | ||
| 259970 | 2004-08-10 01:44:00 | You shouild be able to set the IP address in the Control Panel/Network page. Click on the "TCP/IP for Realtek ..." entry and then select the DNS tab. (I think ;-)) |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 259971 | 2004-08-10 04:21:00 | i did that, and when i reboot windoze wont use the ip address i specified | bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 259972 | 2004-08-11 00:39:00 | Does the hardware Manager show the adapter there, with no yellow exclamation marks? I think that you have to have DHCP disabled to be able to enter a fixed IP address, so that's probably not a cause of the problem. I supect there's a hardware detection/conflict which means that the driver isn't active. If it's the Realtek 8139 from DSE, I've got one and it works with W98 (no problems at all) , though it does have problems with Linux because its memory conflicts with other stuff. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 259973 | 2004-08-12 01:24:00 | managed to fix it... i downloaded the new drivers from realteks website bloody old drivers X-( |
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