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Craftymama51

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July 17th, 2007 00:00

Re: Network adapter useless after lightning strike.

I need help on the same subject. Lightning struck near my house on Saturday and since then, I can't connect using broadband. I also have Intel Pro/100 VE running on Windows XP SP2 I called Bellsouth and we established that the modem (Westell 6100) is working and the Pro 100 seems to be working but I get the 169.254.xxx.xxx address. My Pro/100 diagnostics passes all but the link test. We switched to USB cable and that worked for a few hours, but I got the same result so I switched back to ethernet.I've run WinsockFix, LSPFix, downloaded the MS patch for SP2, uninstalled the Pro/100, done the winsock reset. It just won't renew the IP. I use Bellsouth PPOE and I'm out of ideas. There are no new drivers for the Pro/100 VE. Would a static Ip help? I've run this DSL for months with no problem and now I have a Microsoft headache. Could anyone help, please?

Iceman188

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July 31st, 2007 09:00

Hi Jane,
 
I agree with Steve. You should now focus on the modem.
I have looked to the file you have posted, and I do not quite understand the results of the diagnostics you ran. It seems that you got a reply from both DNS addresses. Before, you said that you could not ping any of the IP-addresses. Is this still true?
 
Regards,
 
Dimitri

Craftymama51

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July 31st, 2007 10:00

Thanks to all who responded. I had a Bellsouth technician out yesterday. Turns out there were so many things I never could have figured it out. They wound up replacing the modem, phone filter and a service line down the street. Apparently the modem would go in and out was why the diagnostics were different all the time. Up and running, and I have to say, I don't miss dial-up one bit.
Thank you all

Jayden Lawson

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October 17th, 2019 16:00

My USB-C ethernet adapter also has stopped working immediately after lightning struck near the shed where my computer is.  The adapter has no power to it other than via USB-C and it is now too hot to touch when attached to the computer!

Also lost a power adapter to my NAS machine.  Strange how some things will just stop working after a lightning strike and other things are just fine!

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