Windows 2k LAN Problems

Problem: Windows 2000 has not created a LAN connection automatically as it claims it should.

Pre-stuff... (need a better descriptor ^_^):
Windows 2000 has been installed on a clean box. Windows 2000 detects my ethernet card. Drivers have been installed.

Solution: ? Help >.< ;)

Any help would be really appreciated. It'd be nice if you could actually create a LAN connection but M$ in their "infinite" wisdom decided that wasn't necessary... The choices they provide are as listed (for me)

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Dial-up to private network
Dial-up to the internet
Connect to private network through the internet (VPN)
Accept incoming connections
Connect directly to another computer

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Problem: Windows 2000 has not created a LAN connection automatically as it claims it should.

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Hi sb_, please check cable(s) is/are properly connected to your computer, other computer, router or what so ever. This may not be the definite solution but may be it can work.



Cheers
- :S:

:Singh:,

Although your suggestion may remedy a Local Area Connection that is not responding (i.e. disconnected), SB's problem is that he does not *have* a Local Area Connection to begin with...

This is most likely a problem w/ the NIC - either it was improperly installed or configured... Check in Device Manager and see if there isn't a little "!" next to your ethernet card... If there is, go to the NIC manufacturers site and d/l the latest drivers, and reinstall the NIC... If there isn't... well... then I'm stumped...

Let us know, SB...

-wiski

Yeah, everything is plugged in correctly.

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Although your suggestion may remedy a Local Area Connection that is not responding (i.e. disconnected), SB's problem is that he does not *have* a Local Area Connection to begin with...

This is most likely a problem w/ the NIC - either it was improperly installed or configured... Check in Device Manager and see if there isn't a little "!" next to your ethernet card... If there is, go to the NIC manufacturers site and d/l the latest drivers, and reinstall the NIC... If there isn't... well... then I'm stumped...

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There was no "!" but I updated the driver just in case and that didn't help at all. The drivers have been uninstalled and installed multiple times (so I'm quite sure that won't help ^_^). Thank you much though wiskic. Other suggestions etc?

Go to network connections, see if the connection is enabled, if not try enableing it, if that doesn't work, right click your ethernet connection, choose properties, right click TCP/IP, then choose properties, see whats checked, either get ip automatically or use static.
I'm assuming your on a DHCP network if not you'll have to enter the information manually (ip, subnet, gateway and dns).

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Originally posted here by sb_
It'd be nice if you could actually create a LAN connection but M$ in their "infinite" wisdom decided that wasn't necessary... The choices they provide are as listed (for me)

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I wasn't quite sure what you meant but look at:

Wizard Driven Connection

Manually Set Connection

I hope that was helpful. I could be more helpful, but I'm in Linux at the moment. Those are the best pages I could find quickly.

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Go to network connections, see if the connection is enabled, if not try enableing it, if that doesn't work, right click your ethernet connection, choose properties, right click TCP/IP, then choose properties, see whats checked, either get ip automatically or use static.
I'm assuming your on a DHCP network if not you'll have to enter the information manually (ip, subnet, gateway and dns).

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That is the point... there is no connection. I can fix it or set it up if there was one to act upon. Thanks for taking the time though.

Seek&Destroy, the first link looks like a good hit! Thanks a bunch!

Im just guessing here... is your NIC onBoard?

I had a lot of problems with NIC's onBoard... they just didint' worked properly.

maybe you should try a diferent NIC, just to make sure that the problem is not in your operative system

Well the link that looked good didn't work (but it looked good)... It is not onboard.

OK, just to clear things up.
Do we believe, we are good to go, on the hardware side?

Drop to a command prompt and type ipconfig /all

What do you see??

Can you ping 127.0.0.1 ????

What kind of LAN is it??

Do you get an IP address from a dhcp server\device??



MLF

Test with your nic card to another PCI slot or another computer. If not , reinstall your windows.


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berkeley_147

This is a clean install already....I do not think reinstalling will help.

What we have to determine is...if it is software...improper configuration of the NIC and protocol

Or if it is hardware....Bad NIC cable etc.

Suggesting another slot is a good one...


MLF

I think it may be on the hardware end... oh well. I'm not at home right now so I can tell my brother but not really acertain anything for myself.

That first link wasn't the wizard I was thinking of, I didn't realize until I looked further down the page. Now the site won't let me edit the post.

Do the ' ipconfig /all ' from the command prompt. Tell us what it says.

I will try to throw out a few things because I don't know the specifics of them problem.

It would help to know a few things, like the other OS's on the LAN, or if your just trying to connect to a cable modem/dsl.

If you are trying to connect to other computers in a LAN make sure you try to ping yourself in the command prompt. ping 127.0.0.1

This is to check to see if tcp/ip is installed and working properly.

Also are you sure the connection isn't working at all, or can you just not see a shared folder on the other computer? If that is the case it could be because windows 95/98 and 2000/xp take a few extra steps in my experiences for sharing files. Make sure that you create a user account on the windows 2000 box and then make the same account with windows 95/98 to log in to.

Just a few things to try.

Is the lan card new, or you have reinstalled win2K ?. Does it work under Linux (if you have)

I'll get him to checkwith Knoppix and try "ipconfig /all" (of course returning output). We'll go from there. ^_^

Double Post:
It works now, not sure what was done or fixed though.

sb_

when you find out, please post - thanks