Grand_Poobah wrote:
Quote:
> Can anyone tell me why plugging in a CAT-5 cable to my Vista SP1
> machine's port will NOT bring up my LAN? The stupid "diagnose" button
> simply tells me to "turn on wireless". This is of absolutely NO help
> because my wireless access point is temporarily down.
>
> Is there NO way to force a wired connection with Vista?
>
> Using the "connect to a network" link is useless also as it also assumes
> you want wireless - not wired. In XP you used to have a choice of
> wireless or wired. Has that also been taken away by the brilliant
> programmers at Microsoft?
I understand that you are upset and ranting feels good but it does limit how
many people will respond to you. Just sayin'... You've also left out all
the details that would enable people to help you. Here are some of the
things we need to know:
1. How do you connect to the Internet? Cable? DSL?
2. Is the cable/DSL modem a combination modem/router or do you have a router
plugged into the modem's WAN port?
3. If you have a separate router, what is it?
4. Are you plugging the ethernet cable into the router? If yes, have you
tried plugging the ethernet cable directly to the modem, bypassing the
router
5. Have you power-cycled both the modem and the router and then tried again?
6. Can other computers on the LAN access the Internet?
7. The Alternate Configuration is for when you want to have two unrelated
setups for Internet access on one adapter, not for "forcing" wired access.
Example - if you need a static IP address at work and a dynamic IP address
at home.
8. What have you already tried?
9. Did this ever work? If yes, what changed?
10. Is the ethernet adapter enabled? Look in Device Manager to be sure.
(Actually this is the first thing you should check but I don't feel like
renumbering my entire reply.)
Malke
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