Network Connection Dies on Reboot

[Jim]

Windows Xp - Home Network

I have to run the Network Setup Wizard each time I reboot. Any ideas
as to the cause and a solution? I've seen several messages with
others who have this problem, but have not seen a solution posted.

Anyone?

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Windows Xp - Home Network

I have to run the Network Setup Wizard each time I reboot. Any ideas
as to the cause and a solution? I've seen several messages with
others who have this problem, but have not seen a solution posted.

Anyone?

Please reply to this message in the news group (not by E-mail) with
more information to help other people understand the problem.

Why do you have to run the Network Setup Wizard each time? What
exactly happens if you don't run it? If there are any error messages,
what do they say?

What type of Internet connection do you have -- dial-up, direct
connection to cable/DSL modem, connection to broadband router,
something else?

When the connection doesn't work, right-click it and click Status |
Support | Details. What are the values that it shows?

The more details you give, the more likely it is that someone can
help.
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

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[Alex Francis]

I am having the same problem.

I am running Windows XP Home Edition and have two laptops also running XP
Home Edition. I have an internal Ethernet Connection on my workstation
connected to a cable modem. I also have a Realtek Ethernet card connected to
a Hub.

Nine times out of Ten, when I connect a laptop to my hub, I cannot connect
to the internet or share any of my files or printers. I then have to run the
Network Connection Wizard on my Workstation to get the Laptop Connected.

Once I do this everything works alright.

 

[Jim]

I have to run Network Setup Wizard when I reboot because the network
disappears. I am not able to access other computers (2) or my Linksys
Router (DSL). I'm using Windows XP Professional...

Jim

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

I have to run Network Setup Wizard when I reboot because the network
disappears. I am not able to access other computers (2) or my Linksys
Router (DSL). I'm using Windows XP Professional...

When the connection doesn't work, right-click it and click Status |
Support | Details. What are the values that it shows?

When the connection doesn't work, right-click it and click Repair.
Does that fix the problem? If not, what exactly happens?

If repairing the connection doesn't help, open the Network Connections
folder, disable the LAN connection, and then enable it. Does that fix
the problem? If not, what exactly happens?

Please note that we only know as much about the problem as you tell
us.
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
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[Alex Francis]

Network connection details on Laptop:
Physical Address 00-D0-59-34-24-9B
IP Address 169.254.184.24
Subnet Mask 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway blank
DNS Server blank
WINS Server blank

When Repairing the connection the following message was received

The following steps of the repair operation failed:
Renewing the IP address.

Hope that helps I have only tried one Laptop just now, my wife has the other
one away today.

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Network connection details on Laptop:
Physical Address 00-D0-59-34-24-9B
IP Address 169.254.184.24
Subnet Mask 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway blank
DNS Server blank
WINS Server blank

When Repairing the connection the following message was received

The following steps of the repair operation failed:
Renewing the IP address.

Hope that helps I have only tried one Laptop just now, my wife has the other
one away today.

That IP address shows that:

1. Your network connection is configured to obtain an IP address
automatically, and:

2. It's unable to communicate with a DHCP server to get an IP address.

Something's wrong with your computer's connection to the cable modem,
DSL modem, or whatever your Internet connection uses. It could be a
bad cable or a misconfigured network card.
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

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[Alex Francis]

I have now set a static IP address on my laptop, also on the network card on
my workstation, leaving my cable connection card as it was.

When I do a repair on the connection on my laptop, I am now told that the
repair was successful but my network still does not work.
The Status Details are now:
Physical Address 00-D0-59-34-24-9B
IP Address 192.168.0.2
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway, DNS Server and WINS Server are all blank.

On my workstation my Network connections show on the top, my Internet
Connection, below that I have "Network Bridge" with three icons.
The first is a "1394 Connection Enabled, Bridged Net Adapter (whatever that
means). The status of this is Connected Speed 400.0 Mbps. When trying to
repair, I am told that TCP/IP is not enabled for this connection.
The second icon looks like a bridge and the status shows connected and speed
40o Mbps. A repair on this tells me the repair has completed. The properties
of this allows me to set a static TCP/IP address which I have done.
The detais of the status for this is
Physical Address F2-7C-D9-14-58-2F
IP Address 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway, DNS Server and WINS Server are all blank.

The third icon is my Realtek Card and is enabled and bridged. The status of
this is Connected Speed 400.0 Mbps. When trying to repair, I am told that
TCP/IP is not enabled for this connection.

Hope this information helps. Incidentally, I had all this working alright
before I upgraded my computers to XP.