With limitied knowledge of what is going wrong, my only way to solve this problem was to re-build my machine. Once re-built, my two installed network adapters would talk to DHCP servers. These are the wireless and ethernet adapters installed in the 5100.
The problem still exists though, but only after connecting to a dial-up ISP. No ISP in particular either. Once connected it appears that something, somehow gets corrupted and communication to a DHCP server ceases. Once this happnens and disconnected from the dial-up ISP, no other network adapter will talk to a DHCP server.
Also, after the "corruption" takes place, there is no way to "repair" the TCP/IP connection. Windows supplies me with the error message saying that the repair action has failed.
Again, this only happens after establishing a dial-up connection to my ISP.
It is worth mentioning that this all started after upgrading my BIOS to A22.
As soon as Dell Support saw the the words network, IP, server they immediately said to seek help from my ISP.
The problem, I've found lies somwhere between Dell's updated BIOS and their updated drivers. I rebuilt the machine from scratch. Instead of installing Dell's updated drivers, I used the originals from the CD. No problem any longer.
I would appreciate if could be more specific about your solution. Which drivers exactly did you reinstall? I guess I have the same problem, I was recommended to update BIOS to A28, see
Since I rebuilt the machine from scratch I had to re-install all the drivers supplied on the Dell CD. Whatever the actual problem was with my network connections is now gone. I can switch between my wireless network adapter, my ethernet adapter or my dial-up adapter without any problems. I'm still stuck with the A28 BIOS, but the old drivers seem to work just fine.
Renis
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February 8th, 2004 13:00
Daromano 1,
I faced the same problem a couple of weeks ago. Check "My INSPIRON 5100 is about to die..." latest post 01-14-2004.
If you manage to solve the problem email me at renatillas@hotmail.com.
Thanks!
Renis
daromano1
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February 10th, 2004 16:00
Alright, here is what's happened so far.
With limitied knowledge of what is going wrong, my only way to solve this problem was to re-build my machine. Once re-built, my two installed network adapters would talk to DHCP servers. These are the wireless and ethernet adapters installed in the 5100.
The problem still exists though, but only after connecting to a dial-up ISP. No ISP in particular either. Once connected it appears that something, somehow gets corrupted and communication to a DHCP server ceases. Once this happnens and disconnected from the dial-up ISP, no other network adapter will talk to a DHCP server.
Also, after the "corruption" takes place, there is no way to "repair" the TCP/IP connection. Windows supplies me with the error message saying that the repair action has failed.
Again, this only happens after establishing a dial-up connection to my ISP.
It is worth mentioning that this all started after upgrading my BIOS to A22.
daromano1
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February 12th, 2004 19:00
Fixed it!!! Thanks for nothing Dell support.
As soon as Dell Support saw the the words network, IP, server they immediately said to seek help from my ISP.
The problem, I've found lies somwhere between Dell's updated BIOS and their updated drivers. I rebuilt the machine from scratch. Instead of installing Dell's updated drivers, I used the originals from the CD. No problem any longer.
Renis
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February 13th, 2004 16:00
daromano1,
I would appreciate if could be more specific about your solution. Which drivers exactly did you reinstall? I guess I have the same problem, I was recommended to update BIOS to A28, see
http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=insp_bios&message.id=23864
However, the only issue that remains unresolved is Network Connections.
Thank you!
Renis
daromano1
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February 13th, 2004 16:00