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| Thread ID: 101148 | 2009-07-03 04:34:00 | help connecting to network - "limited or no connectivity" | legod (4626) | Press F1 |
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| 788399 | 2009-07-03 04:34:00 | Hello - hope someone can help a bit here because I'm not sure what to do. :badpc: I'm trying to connect my laptop to an existing wired network. There is a spare port on the adsl router I'm using to connect to. All the other computers connected through the other ports on the router are running fine and can connect to the net no problem. However, when I connect the laptop to the spare port, I can't access the net and I get the 'limited or no connectivity" error message. I've also tried another laptop...same issue. I've tried swapping ports around and I still get the same issue so it's not a faulty port on the router. Please help. What do I need to do to get this working? Many thanks. |
legod (4626) | ||
| 788400 | 2009-07-03 04:39:00 | What version of windows is on the laptop? Go into its LAN properties / TCP/IP, give it an ip, and gateway the routers ip. Then put the routers ip in for primary dns and one of the ISP's DNS server ips in for alternate. If you've put a crossover cable on it remove it, its not needed. And if anything has a firewall on it (besides windows), configure it | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 788401 | 2009-07-03 04:41:00 | Thanks - it's windows XP. What IP do I give it? How do I know the routers IP? | legod (4626) | ||
| 788402 | 2009-07-03 04:43:00 | Any ip within the router's valid ip range. Depends what the brand/model of the router is on what the ip is. You have logged into the router right?? Well thats the ip you use Look on the other pc's. If theyre working the ip of the router will be under its LAN proprties / TCP/IP entry (unless theyre all on automatic) |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 788403 | 2009-07-03 04:54:00 | You can also run WinsockFix (www.softpedia.com) - this rebuilds the TCP/IP Stack, it may be corrupted someplace. To check if the Laptop is getting a IP from the router, click Start/Run, type in cmd when the command box appears, type in ipconfig <Press Enter> if the router is talking to the laptop, it will show an IP address, subnet mask and gateway, the gateway will be the routers IP. Something like 192.168.1.1 or 10.1.1.1 the IP will be the same as the gateway but the last number will be different. If its getting 169.xxx.xxx.xxx then its not talking. Also what Firewall do you have installed, and is it set to allow the whole range of the routers IP Address's. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 788404 | 2009-07-03 05:58:00 | To add to what wanuitech has said, one you run ipconfig in the command prompt, right click anywhere in the command prompt and select "Select All" Then, Ctrl+C and paste here. Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 788405 | 2009-07-04 00:18:00 | To add to what wanuitech has said, one you run ipconfig in the command prompt, right click anywhere in the command prompt and select "Select All" Then, Ctrl+C and paste here. Blam Well, damn me, after all these years I didn't know you could do that! Must try more rt clicks! Thanks for this tip. |
linw (53) | ||
| 788406 | 2009-07-04 00:22:00 | Well, damn me, after all these years I didn't know you could do that! Must try more rt clicks! Thanks for this tip. Or you can also add >Path\Name.txt to the end to output results to a text document. I still haven't figured a way to paste in command prompt though. Would save me a heck of a lot of time! Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 788407 | 2009-07-04 00:24:00 | Make a batch file | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 788408 | 2009-07-04 00:27:00 | Or I could right click>paste as I just discovered:p | Blam (54) | ||
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