[GLLUG] WinXP Question (redux)
STeve Andre'
andres at msu.edu
Wed Sep 1 21:24:00 EDT 2010
On 09/01/10 20:54, frank.dolinar at comcast.net wrote:
> Hi, everyone,
> Thanks for all the feedback and suggestions.
> I wish I could say that something had worked. Nothing has.
>
> Here's what I know for the second round:
> 1) I'm using DHCP for all but one of the systems in my house, the
> exception being the server. After a number of conversations with
> various GLLUG members, I decided that system should have its own
> static IP.
> 2) "ipconfig /all" returns nothing. It's as if there is no network
> capability in the computer. Works just fine under Ubuntu (dual boot
> Ubuntu 10.04 & WinXP Pro SP2). [Why am I not surprised?]
> 3) I did not (intentionally) disable my network interface under
> WinXP. If there's a way to check that that I haven't already tried,
> I'm interested in knowing.
> 4) Karl, I worked through the notes you provided. No joy.
> 5) Steve, there isn't a separate ethernet card in the box, the NIC is
> integral to the mainboard (MSI K8N Neo4)
> 6) ping 127.0.0.1 works just fine. Nothing else does.
> 7) Network cable on my Mac is separate from the network cable on my
> Ubuntu/WinXP system. Cable isn't the issue, nor is the NIC.
> 8) Stan's idea of a large rubber mallet (to be used as an attention
> getting device) has some appeal.
> 9) The workgroup name probably doesn't make any difference that I can
> tell. The default "MSHOME" doesn't work, nor do any of the other
> suspects I'm likely to use. In addition, this WinXP is the only
> Microsoft operating system currently active in the house.
> 10) I don't have either Symantec nor McAfee AV installed. I use AVG 9.
>
> That's about it for now. WinXP refuses to see a network
> connection, whereas Ubuntu, using the same physical connection has no
> problem. Indeed, I'm sending this note from the Ubuntu side of that
> computer.
>
> Any further comments, suggestions, Bronx Cheers... will be
> received in the spirit they are offered.
>
> Thanks everyone.
>
> Frank
Frank, did you rip the ethernet card out of the device manager list,
reboot and watch it get installed again?
--STeve Andre'
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