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Serious Networking Problem

post #1 of 4
5/28/03 at 11:21pm
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At my house, we basically have a network set up without the actual network. That is there is a DSL router in the basement and 4 computers are hooked onto it but they are not otherwise connected with file/print sharing. There are 4 cables traveling through the house that provide a live internet feed with no user name/password or anything. Just click on mozilla and GO! I am trying to replicate that with my new 8887 and I can't seem to get it to just accept the available internet connection. I have XP pro and it seems to want to set up a network when I just want the ability to open my browser and surf without any file sharing. I previously set it up to transfer from my old desktop to my new sager and that worked fine with the network bridge and so forth. If anyone could provide a simple step-by-step plan for getting the internet to work on the sager that would be amazing.

thanks
Charlie
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post #2 of 4
5/29/03 at 4:59pm
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Anyone have any thoughts on this?
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post #3 of 4
5/29/03 at 6:26pm
If you have DHCP enabled on your router, you "Should" just be able to plug it up and go. In your situation, you dont need the network bridge. Delete it and verify the assignment of DHCP on your ethernet card. Depending on your router, the USUAL default settings are 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1 (Netgear, then linksys).

go to start-run. Then type CMD and hit enter. This will bring up the command prompt. At the command prompt type:
c:\>ipconfig /renew
c:\>ipconfig /all

Verify you have an internal IP address of either:
10.X.X.X
172.16.X.X
192.168.X.X
(If you have an internal IP address of 168.X.X.X, something is wrong with the cable, router port, ethernet cable, or you.)

If you have an internal IP, at the bottom of the "ipconfig /all" you should have a default gateway. If you do, go back to the command prompt and try this:

c:\>ping "default gateway" (gateway being the IP address from the /all command)

If you are capable of pinging the gateway, you "should" be able to connect. Verify in the ipconfig /all utility that DNS servers propogated correctly from the router. If not reboot the router, then run the ipconfig /release and the ipconfig /renew options again. Let me know if you get hung up and we will start from there.
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post #4 of 4
5/30/03 at 12:25am
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Thanks Troy, that fixed the problem.
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