realtek ethernet not working

how did you get the latest realtek drivers if it wasn't working?

order of install is via 4-in-1, video, then whatever else you feel like. honestly u can put the realtek driver in whenever you feel like it.

u might have a bad network cable

ummm your links seem to be broken.

have u tried setting a static ip in the appropriate range and testing pinging your router and such? does the link lite on the switch port lite up when u plug the laptops cat5 cable into it?

Windows' implementation of a dhcp client is lacking in several ways. Often it forgets to assign the correct ip when the device is initialized. But then it sometimes goofs up because the hardware requires at least some sort of ip to be set in the hardware properties' advanced tab. Anyhow this should help you out a bit.

Device Manager, go to the realtek lan device properties. Advanced tab. Network Address. Set it to an ip in your desired range. Keep in mind this is likely not going to be your ip. This is just to satisfy the whiney dhcp service. Hit ok, close that out.

My Network Places -> View Network Connections. Right click on your LAN connection, Disable it. Then right click on it and enable it. Wait up to 5 minutes (DHCP negotiations usually fail after 120 seconds but some routers/windows settings change this) and check to see if you've been assigned an ip other than 0.0.0.0 or 169.x.x.x... whatever windows will try to set as a default. This is able to be done by clicking on the lan connection and looking at the Details on the left column of your explorer window, or open a command prompt and type ipconfig /all. Repeat as necessary.

If no ip is bound set the ip manually by right clicking on your lan connection, properties. TCP/IP settings in the box, and hit Properties. Hit both radio controls so that you can fill in the ip information; fill in as needed.

If that don't work you got maaajor problems with your router or onboard lan or windows. (hope the last)

Defniitley sounds strange. There really isnt much to installing the driver and getting it to work. it either works or it doesn't. I'd say your nic is pooched and you need to send the laptop back for warranty asap. They should pay shipping especially if its less than 30 days old. Don't back down on it as a brand new system should work 100%

After uninstalling and reinstalling the nic drivers just to be sure, do also make sure that the routers hand out dhcp addresses to other machines. of course try static ips and make sure that they are in the appropriate ip range as well as double check cables. Also check to make sure the link lite on the router lights up to be sure that there is even an electrical connection between them.

Other than that list there really isn't anything else they can honestly expect you to do.

Good luck and hope they fix it for you asap

not sure about your model, but some things you can check are to make sure the wireless switch is turned on and that the wires to the nic are connected.

Its not his wireless that he is having problems with, its his physical network connection (cat5). We have already gone through the whole checking the cable thing and since he has already tested with a usb network adapter, then that more or less rules out an xp tcpip corruption issue. the problem is most definitely the nic itself.

mikesm1234: don't waste anymore time. get an rma asap from whoever you purchased it from and demand that they pay shipping there and back.

good luck

Honestly, it depends, though the lan chip is soldered onto the motherboard so they will most likely swap a new board in, so you'll have same case, cpu, ram, hdd, etc, just a new motherbaord