[GLLUG] Datacomm issue -- advice sought

Charles Ulrich charles at bityard.net
Tue Jun 8 18:35:08 EDT 2010


Go to Control Panel -> Network Connections, right-click on the interface
and click on Status. What do you see?

On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 04:12:45 +0000 (UTC), frank.dolinar at comcast.net wrote:
> Hi, everyone, 
> I have an interesting problem. 
> Some of you know I've recently reconfigured my computer to dual boot
WinXP
> and Ubuntu. 
> WinXP says there's no datacomm connection to the outside world. Ubuntu
> happily plays in the cloud. 
> So there really is working datacomm on the system. 
> Why can't WinXP see it? 
> Yes, I know that may be too simple a question with a complex set of
> possible answers. 
> I'm looking for guidance so I can attempt to fix the Windoze side of the
> equation. 
> As usual, any help will be appreciated. 
> 
> Thanks, 
> Frank

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