XP Pro LAN Connection

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Hi,

I have a laptop from work that is going screwy...
It is Linux/XP PRo dual boot, and the LAN connection under
XP doesn't work.
When I boot Linux there is no problem with the
connectivity, but when I boot XP there is no connection.
The hub doesn't even notice that anything is connected to
it (When I boot up the light where the LAN line goes into
stays off).
What makes this frustrating is it was working earlier in
the week, and I turned it off to use Linux, then when I
turned it back on (the next day) the connection wouldn't
come up. There are no problems with the TCP/IP settings,
since I didn't change anything, I just shut the box down
and wanted to turn it on again later.
The diagnostics say that the hardware and drivers are all
ok, and I can ping myself, but not the DNS or gateway.

By the way, it is an Acer Travelmate 800.

If anyone has any experience with this, or any suggestions
to help me along, it would be REALLY!!!!!! appreciated.

James
 
posting the result of ipconfig /all here may help.

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James said:
Hi,

I have a laptop from work that is going screwy...
It is Linux/XP PRo dual boot, and the LAN connection under
XP doesn't work.
When I boot Linux there is no problem with the
connectivity, but when I boot XP there is no connection.
The hub doesn't even notice that anything is connected to
it (When I boot up the light where the LAN line goes into
stays off).
What makes this frustrating is it was working earlier in
the week, and I turned it off to use Linux, then when I
turned it back on (the next day) the connection wouldn't
come up. There are no problems with the TCP/IP settings,
since I didn't change anything, I just shut the box down
and wanted to turn it on again later.
The diagnostics say that the hardware and drivers are all
ok, and I can ping myself, but not the DNS or gateway.

By the way, it is an Acer Travelmate 800.

If anyone has any experience with this, or any suggestions
to help me along, it would be REALLY!!!!!! appreciated.

James
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i have the exact same problem... i got it to work for a couple of
hours but then back to square one...

any help would be much appreciated..
 
yup.. device manager thinks that the nic is working properly.
evrything seems to be normal .. just that the broadcom controller
doesnt seem to be working at all. no lights at the back .. nothing..



Ken Wickes said:
Does device manager think the NIC is working properly?

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ash said:
"James" <[email protected]> wrote in message

i have the exact same problem... i got it to work for a couple of
hours but then back to square one...

any help would be much appreciated..
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