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I am working at an office with 4 computers hooked up to a shared SBC DSL line via a wired Linksys router. I recently reformatted one of the computers and got the OS running smoothly (win98). However, I am not sure how to reconnect my computer to the network so I can get the internet back up and running smoothly on the reformatted computer. If anyone could help, or if you need more info, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!
-aWoz :D
Well if DHCP is anabled, it should grab an IP and go if you set the gateway. The gateway is usually 192.168.1.1.
Then ya need to set the DNS maybe.
If DHCP is not enabled, you need to set an IP address for the machine, something like 192.168.1.x as long as it's unique on the network.
What is the router model? I bet we can find a manual online.
Well if DHCP is anabled, it should grab an IP and go if you set the gateway. The gateway is usually 192.168.1.1.
Then ya need to set the DNS maybe.
If DHCP is not enabled, you need to set an IP address for the machine, something like 192.168.1.x as long as it's unique on the network.
What is the router model? I bet we can find a manual online.
Thank you for your response. However, I am not sure how to do all of this stuff :confused:. I know you can access the router settings by putting the IP into the URL field, but I would have no idea what settings to change or whatever. I am going into work tomorrow so I will check out the model. Thanks again :)
Zero Tolerance
04-05-2005, 04:55 PM
I doubt that it has anything to do with the router.
If I were you I would go into the "Device Manager" and make sure there are no caution flags showing up on your network devices.
Most likely when you reinstalled win98...you didnt reinstall the network card driver...
DHCP is the default on TCP/IP...you should at the very least have internet connection without doing anything but installing the network card driver. Now sharing files/folders/printers is a whole other story.
You dont have to be on the same workgroup to share the inet connection though.
goodluck!
I doubt that it has anything to do with the router.
If I were you I would go into the "Device Manager" and make sure there are no caution flags showing up on your network devices.
Most likely when you reinstalled win98...you didnt reinstall the network card driver...
DHCP is the default on TCP/IP...you should at the very least have internet connection without doing anything but installing the network card driver. Now sharing files/folders/printers is a whole other story.
You dont have to be on the same workgroup to share the inet connection though.
goodluck!
Thank you. Now, how would I go about reinstalling the network card driver? I'm sorry I am not very tech-savy :(. By the way, what does DHCP stand for?
-aWoz
Zero Tolerance
04-06-2005, 11:48 AM
Thank you. Now, how would I go about reinstalling the network card driver? I'm sorry I am not very tech-savy :(. By the way, what does DHCP stand for?
-aWoz
You will need to have the driver disk for the network card. Then go to "Start" "Settings" "Control Panel"....then to "System" and then "Device Manager"
When in the device manager....look for a yellow caution icon out from your Network Adapter. If it shows a yellow triange with an exclamation point inside...that means most likely that the driver isnt installed or at least the CORRECT driver is not installed.
You would then click on the device that is flagged which will show its properties and reinstall the driver.
You can accomplish the same thing by going to your "Control Panel" and "Add New Hardware"...then select Network Adapter from the list and use your disk when prompted.
Oh yeah....DHCP = Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (this means that your card will get the IP addy and DNS config from your modem and or router automatically instead of having to set it up yourself statically.
vantim
04-06-2005, 12:23 PM
Hi
Can you look on any of the other machines to see what their network setting are? To find out click start>settings>control panel. Once your in control panel double click the network icon. There you will see a list of adaptors and protocols. Find the one that is labeled tcp/ip and double click it. (make sure it's the one for the network adaptor and not one for the dial up adaptor) look and see what the settings are. If it's set to automatically recieve an IP address then you set yours the same way. If you see the settings manually entered then you'll have to also manually enter yours. You'll need an IP address (which cannot be the same as anybody elses on the network) and a subnet mask. Which should be 255.255.255.0 and a default gateway (which is the ip address of the router.) I know it's confusing but hang in there. We'll help you.
Hi
Can you look on any of the other machines to see what their network setting are? To find out click start>settings>control panel. Once your in control panel double click the network icon. There you will see a list of adaptors and protocols. Find the one that is labeled tcp/ip and double click it. (make sure it's the one for the network adaptor and not one for the dial up adaptor) look and see what the settings are. If it's set to automatically recieve an IP address then you set yours the same way. If you see the settings manually entered then you'll have to also manually enter yours. You'll need an IP address (which cannot be the same as anybody elses on the network) and a subnet mask. Which should be 255.255.255.0 and a default gateway (which is the ip address of the router.) I know it's confusing but hang in there. We'll help you.
Thank you guys very much for your information. I will check out the other computers around the office to see what their settings are. Unfortunately, I do not think my boss has the disc that includes the driver for the network card. It there any way I could find out the name of the network card and download a driver?
-aWoz
Hm..well things aren't looking that good. I did find the network card driver disc, however, it gave me a lot of trouble before I actually got it to install, since there were really no directions on how to install it. So with the driver installed, I restart the computer. On the load, it comes up as the following files missing because the device that uses them no longer exists:
vnetsup.vxd
vredir.vxd
dfs.vxd
Fortunately, I could bypass it without any troubles loading up Windows, but then I get another pop-up that says:
"Unable to load dynamic link library
msnp32.dll
Some or all of the following feature is not available:
Microsoft Network"
However, the network card does show up as the source for the TCP/IP connection, and I could change its settings. I had the automatic IP config enabled, didn't work. I tried assigning it it's own IP, didn't work. So now I am frustrated and in desperate need of guidance :(
**edit**
I also checked to see if there were any errors with the card in the device manager as I was told to, but there were no caution flags It said that the device was running properly. I am thinking of reformatting and installing the drivers from the 3com website (which I just got), but if anyone else has any ideas, please share.
-aWoz
vantim
04-07-2005, 07:44 AM
These files are probably not missing at all. This occurs when you install a device that doesn't install properly. when the computer starts to boot, tap F8 and when the menu loads choose "command prompt only". When you get to the command prompt. Type "scanreg /restore".(without the quotes.) It will bring up previosly saved registries. Choose one with a date before you loaded the network card drivers and then let it do it's thing and reboot. Viola, you will be back to where you were. CAUTION: always check device manager before you install a device.
Then you can see if the card is loaded and working in device manager. If it is... then check the network settings like I said yesterday
Hope this helps
These files are probably not missing at all. This occurs when you install a device that doesn't install properly. when the computer starts to boot, tap F8 and when the menu loads choose "command prompt only". When you get to the command prompt. Type "scanreg /restore".(without the quotes.) It will bring up previosly saved registries. Choose one with a date before you loaded the network card drivers and then let it do it's thing and reboot. Viola, you will be back to where you were. CAUTION: always check device manager before you install a device.
Then you can see if the card is loaded and working in device manager. If it is... then check the network settings like I said yesterday
Hope this helps
Thanks for your response. Is there anyway I could reinstall the hardware without actually taking the card out of the tower? Also, if the steps you gave me doesn't fix it, what would you recommend doing? Pray I don't lose my job? :P
-aWoz
vantim
04-07-2005, 09:48 AM
The steps I gave you will fix it. Think positively. You don't have to physically remove the card. Just start your computer and hit F8 right after you hear it beep. Then a menu will come up. When you see the menu choose command prompt only. Then type "scanreg /restore" and hit enter.
Then let me know.
Okay, thanks. I'm not sure when my boss wants me back in to work on it, but I'm hoping it's soon because I want to get this up and running. Quick question though: After I restore the registry to one of the dates before I installed the driver, should Windows still have the network card in the device manager? Or will I have to add it again manually through Add/Remove Hardware and then add the driver?
-aWoz
vantim
04-07-2005, 04:24 PM
If the card was already installed...then yes. If not then we'll have to find the correct driver for it. First things first though. Lets get that error to go away.
If the card was already installed...then yes. If not then we'll have to find the correct driver for it. First things first though. Lets get that error to go away.
Thanks a lot for your help so far. I greatly appreciate it. I am not sure when I'm going back in, but I will let you know what happens. Thanks again:)
-aWoz
Oh, I forgot to ask, how do I find out the name of the workgroup on the network?
vantim
04-08-2005, 06:15 AM
it's one of the tabs in the network properties (maybe...Identification) in windows 98. And in the System properties on win2k and XP.
I found a perfect article on the Microsoft support site explaining what to do...I just hope it works:
Link (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q302590#kb1)
Well, looks like I won't be going back to fix it. He got some professional to do it, which is good I guess. When he told me this, he offerred me the one-time chance of cleaning his car for a little bit of side-cash, which I so willingly declined. Thanks again for your help, I greatly appreciate it. =)
-aWoz
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