Onboard NIC

punktilend,

Places to look to see if the Connection is enabled

If you can run the Finding System Information Tool and post the information back here, maybe it will give a clue to the problem.

Rick

here is the SystemInfo report:

OS Name:                   Microsoft Windows XP Professional

OS Version:                5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600

OS Manufacturer:           Microsoft Corporation

Original Install Date:     10/26/2011, 1:41:20 PM

System Manufacturer:       Dell Inc.

System Model:              Inspiron 1545                  

Processor(s):              1 Processor(s) Installed.

BIOS Version:              DELL   - 27d90c07

System Locale:             en-us;English (United States)

Input Locale:              en-us;English (United States)

Time Zone:                 (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

NetWork Card(s):           2 NIC(s) Installed.

Windows IP Configuration

       Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : inspiron-apex-5

       Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :

       Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

       IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes

       WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

       DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : no-dns-available.example.com

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

       Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

       Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card

       Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 70-1A-04-B5-B2-AE

       Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

       IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

       Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

       Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

       Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : no-dns-available.example.com

       Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller

       Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : A4-BA-DB-99-E0-37

       Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

       Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

       IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.46.16.28

       Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0

       Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.46.0.1

       DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.46.0.1

       DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.46.21.28

       Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, December 07, 2009 9:42:46 PM

       Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, December 08, 2009 5:42:46 AM

punktilend,

Let's first try...

Go to device manager(right click my computer, left click properties, left click hardware, left click device manager)

Click on network, Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card, Advanced. Look for antenna diversity. Change it from Auto to aux.

Start, control panel, network connections.

right click on your wireless connection, left click properties. Look for Internet Protocol(TCP/IP), then click on it, click on properties

Have your settings match mine.

Also try running WinSock XP Fix

Rick

I have function with it when I have an OS on the system. The hardware is not showing up on bootup for me to be able to use pxe mode to clone the machine