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Tom Dworschak
I have a weird problem. My laptop is running on Win 2K SP4 with all
the latest updates available. I use a Netgear WG511 WLAN NIC with a
Netgear WGT624 ADSL Router for INet access.
All of a sudden the laptop was no more able to make a network
connection. The physical status of the connection looked ok. My other
box (old Omnibook 3000)runs Win98SE and still works fine with another
WG511.
I began the standard procedure and deactivated and reactivated the NIC
with no change.
All through the last night I then tried everything I could imagine or
find about similar problems:
- fooling around with ip addresses (dhcp and static ones)
- connect to router via cat5 cable
- direct connect between the laptops via crosswired cat5
- uninstall and reinstall TCPIP protocol
- run WinsockFix to repair ip registry troubles
It comes down to one point: no connection possible.
I used all 3 NICs I have (internal LANPort, WG511 PCCard, DLINK
DFE-650 PCCard), all Interface showed a physical connect, but it's not
possible to get an ip address via DHCP or make a connection after
assigning a static addess.
ipconfig /renew brings "No DHCP server available" error, with static
address only pings on the local address work. The NIC LEDs also show
no traffic.
The only point that seems to point at the trouble is, that in the
connection status dialog the number of received packets stays at 0 all
the time. So it looks like something with the IP stack, I think. Looks
like the NIC's broadcasting (outgoing packets increase steadily) but
the answers get lost somewhere on the way back.
I hope someone can help me with ths issue, any hint is welcome. All
the rest of W2K is running fine so maybe I can avoid a complete
reinstall
Thnx
Tom
the latest updates available. I use a Netgear WG511 WLAN NIC with a
Netgear WGT624 ADSL Router for INet access.
All of a sudden the laptop was no more able to make a network
connection. The physical status of the connection looked ok. My other
box (old Omnibook 3000)runs Win98SE and still works fine with another
WG511.
I began the standard procedure and deactivated and reactivated the NIC
with no change.
All through the last night I then tried everything I could imagine or
find about similar problems:
- fooling around with ip addresses (dhcp and static ones)
- connect to router via cat5 cable
- direct connect between the laptops via crosswired cat5
- uninstall and reinstall TCPIP protocol
- run WinsockFix to repair ip registry troubles
It comes down to one point: no connection possible.
I used all 3 NICs I have (internal LANPort, WG511 PCCard, DLINK
DFE-650 PCCard), all Interface showed a physical connect, but it's not
possible to get an ip address via DHCP or make a connection after
assigning a static addess.
ipconfig /renew brings "No DHCP server available" error, with static
address only pings on the local address work. The NIC LEDs also show
no traffic.
The only point that seems to point at the trouble is, that in the
connection status dialog the number of received packets stays at 0 all
the time. So it looks like something with the IP stack, I think. Looks
like the NIC's broadcasting (outgoing packets increase steadily) but
the answers get lost somewhere on the way back.
I hope someone can help me with ths issue, any hint is welcome. All
the rest of W2K is running fine so maybe I can avoid a complete
reinstall
Thnx
Tom