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Posted by Warren on May 18, 2005, 5:02 pm
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douglas moore wrote:
>I recently took an older computer home from work but I am having no
> luck getting it to connect to the internet. It is an SGI 320, running
> Windows 2000. I have a cable modem (which works fine with my Mac G3
> laptop) and I have internet access via Cox cable.
>
> I have made sure that the Network Identification is no longer set up to
> have the computer as part of a network domain (it was at work), and I
> have revised the Network and Dial-Up Settings per Cox's recommendations
> (TCP/IP set to dynamic addressing and 'Client for Microsft Networks'
> installed). Still no luck.
>
> When I run ipconfig from the cmd window, I get:
> Connection Secific DNS Suffix: (blank)
> Autoconfig IP address: 169.254.192.78
> Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0
> Defauly Gateway: (blank)
>
> I understand that the IP address 169.254.192.78 is a Windows default,
> and it means that I am not actually communicating with Cox. I have
> tried ipconfig/release and ipconfig/renew to no avail.
>
> Any suggestions? Thanks, in advance.
I would suggest removing the NIC, reboot three times, and then reinstall the
NIC.
I could write 1000 words on things to check, do and try, as well as
alternative paths as well. But this may accomplish all the same with a
little brute force. Rebooting three times is essentially to remove the
record of the last successful boot. Simply removing the card, rebooting
once, and putting it back in could result in identical initialization of the
hardware because the old registry entries would still be there. If you have
spare slots, moving the NIC to a different slot wouldn't be a bad idea,
either.
--
Warren H.
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