XP Home Lan Connection

[KJ in Seattle]

I had to completely re-install XP Home recently - my wireless works fine. I
also have a direct Lan connection - it will only send, will not receive. I
have the driver installed and have turned off Windows firewall. I do not
have any antivirus loaded yet. Any ideas would be appreciated. I feel like
this is probably simple and I cannot see the forest for the trees.

 

[Gordon]

I also have a direct Lan connection - it will only send, will not
receive.

What precisely do you mean by this? "LAN" is the type of network, in other
words your Wireless connection is a "LAN" connection, so please be more
precise.

 

[KJ in Seattle]

I have two connections - one wireless and one through a NIC card. The NIC
card will only send, not receive. Sorry for the confusion!

 

[KJ in Seattle]

I may have posted this reply twice ..but here goes:

I have two connections - one wireless and one throug NIC card. NIC card
will only send, not receive. Sorry for the confusion.

Thanks!

 

[Gordon]

I have two connections - one wireless and one through a NIC card. The NIC
card will only send, not receive. Sorry for the confusion!

What do you mean "will only SEND and not receive"?

 

[John Wunderlich]

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I may have posted this reply twice ..but here goes:

I have two connections - one wireless and one throug NIC card.
NIC card will only send, not receive. Sorry for the confusion.

Thanks!

Could it be a bad cable?

-- John

 

[KJ in Seattle]

Nope tried that - same cable works on another machine. Used new cable - same
result.

 

[KJ in Seattle]

When I open the network connection status window, there are packets sent, but
received is always 0. Does that help?

 

[KJ in Seattle]

In the Network connections window it shows packets sent, but 0 received.
Does that help?

 

[Gordon]

When I open the network connection status window, there are packets sent,
but
received is always 0. Does that help?

So why would you expect to see received packets? Can you access your network
drives? Can you access the Internet? Can you send and receive email?

 

[John Wunderlich]

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Nope tried that - same cable works on another machine. Used new
cable - same result.

As a despiration measure, it's possible that it is not auto-sensing the
network speed/duplex correctly. Try going to the device manager and
double-click on your network device. Click on the "Advanced" tab and
look for a "Speed/Duplex" setting. Usually it is set to "Auto". Try
overriding it by setting it to your correct network speed and duplex.
Switches and Routers are usually Full Duplex devices, Hubs are usually
Half-duplex devices.

HTH,
John

 

[smlunatick]

What precisely do you mean by this? "LAN" is the type of network, in other
words your Wireless connection is a "LAN" connection, so please be more
precise.

It seems that the Ethernet (LAN) connection is defective. You may
want to replace this port with a separate LAN adapter card.

 

[KJ in Seattle]

Hi Gordon, thanks for the input - I should see packets sent and received if
the device is working properly - but the symptom is that I cannot get to the
internet or send/receive email on this laptop through the NIC card, but I can

 

[KJ in Seattle]

Understood, I misused LAN I will look to the hardware, although it was
working fine before the XP re-install...just frustrating. Thanks!

 

[KJ in Seattle]

Thanks John, I tried your suggestion and it still is not working. I will
look to the hardware, although it was working fine before the XP install.
Have a good evening!