Hi,
Log into the router from another machine while this one is connected and see
if it can be seen as a connected device. When you plug the ethernet cable
into the network card, does the indicator light come on? If so, what color?
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"Charles" <Charles@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> New Acer laptop with Vista basic. Wired router is a Linksys BEFSR41 V3.
> Plugged in my cat5 cable and nothing. The internal NIC card does not see
> the
> router. Checked the cable and it's ok. Then to check the card, plugged
> the
> modem directly in to the card and it saw the modem. So that's ok.
> Then I checked ipconfig /all and saw that no address was assigned, so
> there
> was no reason to do a release and a renew. Frankly, I'm at a complete
> loss.
> Any suggestions?
>
> Oh, and just as an aside, when you do an ipconfig /release it says that
> that
> command requires "elevation" (my quotes) and shows you to add *Con*,
> however
> when you add a space and the *Con* it again says it requires elevation and
> gives you examples of "Local Area Connection 1" or "Local Are Connection
> 2".
> If you add those to the command (without the *Con*) then it says bad
> command!