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May 9th, 2008 09:00
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HI
I Recently purchased a Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop with Windows Vista. It works reasonably well but I have a serious problem. Whereas my daughter can connect to the internet via an ethernet cord my laptop tells me that A CABLE IS NOT PLUGGED TO THE NETWORK ADAPTER "LOCAL AREA CONNECTION".
I conect to the internet using a Netopia router which is Cayman 3341 (provided by my ISP) which allows me the choice of connecting with either usb or ethernet. This connects from a telephone line. I have a laptop and my daughter also has on and we also have a desktop so I have tried to connect usingn wireless via an Ativa router which caters for 4 wired computers and also a wireless. I connect it from the cayman. The problem is that the usb connection (I can only connect one laptop via usb) and then when i try to go wireless the connection is either limited or it is intermittent just breakign off and on and the wired computer does the same thing.
I have tried to uninstall and reinstall the driver for the Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller and the same problem occurs. I would be grateful for any suggestions or help.
Thanks
Celina
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jmwills
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May 10th, 2008 01:00
I think you have a very simple problme but I need to get some facts from you. wih just one of the machine connected to the modem, please post the results of an ipconfig /all.
To do this go to a command prompt and type "ipconfig /all >> C:\ipconfig.txt" (without the quotes). Now go to your C drive, find the file you just created and copy/paste the results here.
(Start>Run>cmd>hit enter)
I need to confirm if the modem is also a router. From what you ahev posted, it does not sound as though it is.
jmwills
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May 10th, 2008 10:00
Okay. All of that looks good. The reason you cannot use both an ethernet and USB connection because the main device (the router) can only output one signal.
You can either purchase a simpel 4 port switch and connect this via ethernet to the modem/router or a wireless router and thur some special configuration use it in conjunction with the exisiting router/modem.
Yes, a similar output form the laptop would be nice also.
celinaf
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May 10th, 2008 10:00
Hi
Thanks for the reply. I did as you asked with my disktop connected as the single machine to the Cayman. Here are the results. But I have no problems connecting with my desktop.
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : celina-cf12946e
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-2A-08-45-6B
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.7
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, May 10, 2008 6:32:45 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, May 10, 2008 7:32:45 AM
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : celina-cf12946e
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-2A-08-45-6B
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.7
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, May 10, 2008 7:02:46 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, May 10, 2008 8:02:46 AM
Should I do the same withthe dell laptop?
Thanks
Celina
celinaf
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May 10th, 2008 12:00
celinaf
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May 10th, 2008 12:00
Just want to let you know that right at this moment I am connecting one desktop computer on which i am witing to you and my daughter has her laptop connected also on this cayman. I am connected via ethernet and she is connected via usb. So I think the cayman cna do two at the same. The problem exists wiht my dell inspiron 1501 where i cna connect here on usb but not ethernet. the wireless works fine on it.
I wil do an ip config from the dell later when i cna connect just one computer .
Thanks
jmwills
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May 10th, 2008 15:00
celinaf
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May 12th, 2008 20:00
Wow!! I am not sure what I did but i was FINALLY able to connect via ethernet. I stil dont know how it happened. Anyway am monitoring to see how long the connection lasts and will send an ipconfig of laptop later. Thanks so much for the help.