mikex Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 My brother in laws desktop is not getting an ip address from the router. I swapped routers, all routers see (port lights up) the desktop. No IP. Router has no access restrictions.I released renewed, run netsh dump. Configured the nic manually....no ip. Any suggestions, I am looking to replace the nic.M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 (edited) My first thought is to determine what end the problem is on, the router or computer. Did you try with your laptop(that you know works), to see if you could get an IP from the router?If you determined the problem is on the computer side, I would try and rule out windows being the problem. Boot the system with knoppix while plugged into the ethernet. If knoppix is able to get an IP(assuming knoppix has the drivers for that nic), you can safely conclude the problem lies within windows(not the nic). Edited December 13, 2006 by shanenin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mikex Posted December 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 laptop gets ip on all 4 router ports. desktop 0/4. will try a live cd. I think I have Ubuntu live.M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mlegg510 Posted December 14, 2006 Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 Do you have another computer you can take the NIC card out of? Try to swap it into the computer that doesn't seem to be working. This will let you know right away if you have a bad NIC. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mikex Posted December 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 Have a working nic, will swap this weekend. Maybe.Why rush to do a free job. This machine is most for the kids.M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete_C Posted December 16, 2006 Report Share Posted December 16, 2006 Did you set the computer to obtain an IP automatically and disable dns and wins on the computer? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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