08-04-2007
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Re: Vista Basic doesn't see router
"Rick Rogers" wrote:
> Hi,
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> 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?
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
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> "Charles" <Charles@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FBE12FC7-07C5-4B6A-B1EB-19DAFFE8A03D@microsoft.com...
> > 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!
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