forgeagain Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 If you can help me with this issue quickly and efficiently, I will pay you with any two records of your choosing at www.forgeagainrecords.com on either the RELEASES or DISTRO page. Your choice. My computer took a shit. I re-installed Windows XP Service Pack 2 as it was the only version I could get ahold of. So my computer was wiped and started from scratch. It is up and running but I can't figure out how the fuck to get it connected to the internet. I am running AT+T DSL through a 2Wire Homeportal 1000SW modem/wireless router (the modem has it built in). The network is up and running perfectly. I am on it right now. The wireless works flawlessly, and I can access the modem through any of my wireless devices without issue. My desktop computer (the one that just had XP re-installed) is plugged into the modem directly through an Ethernet cable. I can't manage to get a fucking IP on my desktop. I've run the command prompt, and ipconfig and I get a blank. The lights on my modem are all green and good to go. I assume there is something I am forgetting here. If you can help, hit me on AIM: JWEXLER any time tonight. What I would like to accomplish before I kill somebody: 1. Connect my desktop to the internet. 2. Share the printers connected to my desktop so that they'll work with all of my wireless devices (laptops, really). I tried AT+T and they're fucking useless. This is an issue with my computer, not their network, so they want to charge me to send somebody out here. I'm guessing somebody who knows what they're doing could fix this in 2 minutes. If that's you and you want free records. Hit me up ASAP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forgeagain Posted November 4, 2009 Author Share Posted November 4, 2009 oh, if you prefer G-talk, hit me up on justin DOT d DOT wexler AT gmail DOT com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eriathomas Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 I'd try "'ipconfig /renew" or "'ipconfig /release", to see if it'll renew an ip address with the router. Also try restarting the router, if you have not yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtw88 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 I don't know much about computers, so I probably can't help, but I know that sometimes my computer will not connect to the internet if there are important updates that are waiting to be installed. It probably won't work, but try running windows updater and see if there's something you need and install if if you can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeian Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 did you install the drivers for the network card / motherboard / etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkrudeboy Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 did you install the drivers for the network card / motherboard / etc? This, if you had the drivers installed windows would at least be assigning it a 169.254 addy which is reserved for when the pc cant get an ip from the router. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 did you install the drivers for the network card / motherboard / etc? This is more than likely the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgry Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 This is a long shot but try manually assigning an IP. Like 192.168.1.100 or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 This is a long shot but try manually assigning an IP. Like 192.168.1.100 or something. I wouldn't do that. DHCP should handle the problem fine. It's the drivers. If he reinstalled everything he didn't get the proper drivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faith Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 DSL usually wants you to pop in their CD and install the required app/driver. Cable companies don't make you go through that shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxmartinxx Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 After you verify that the NIC has the driver installed, you should verify that your ethernet connection is enabled in Network Connections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twelvetwenty Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Open IE -> Tools -> Internet Options -> Connections -> LAN Settings -> Check the box that says "Automatically Detect Settings". Then close and reopen your browser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadmonkey Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 If you have DSL through AT&T and have that hooked into a router to share internet between connections, you need to set the modem into "Bridged Internet" mode. What is the make/model of your DSL modem? Also make sure your Router is set to PPoE mode instead of DHCP. You will need to give it your at&t.net account name and password. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgry Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 I wouldn't do that. DHCP should handle the problem fine. It's the drivers. If he reinstalled everything he didn't get the proper drivers. It's possible DHCP is turned off on his router. Mine is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkrudeboy Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 I wouldn't do that. DHCP should handle the problem fine. It's the drivers. If he reinstalled everything he didn't get the proper drivers. It's possible DHCP is turned off on his router. Mine is. Even if DCHP is turned off windows still assigns it a 169.254 address. He says his is blank. I'm still putting my money on the driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 It's possible DHCP is turned off on his router. Mine is. Even if DCHP is turned off windows still assigns it a 169.254 address. He says his is blank. I'm still putting my money on the driver. Backing this again too. It has to be the issue. I just did a new install of XP SP2 w/out any drivers on a machine at work to see what would happen and this exact same scenario occurred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forgeagain Posted November 9, 2009 Author Share Posted November 9, 2009 Haha shit, sorry I forgot to even look at this after mediocre helped me out that night. I installed a copy of XP that didn't come with my computer - no clue what happened to the one I used to have. As a result, DING DING DING the drivers were screwy. Had to get the correct one. Took care of it. Problem solved. Thanks for the discussion though dudes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kissthesharks Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Who won the records? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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