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Ok, so, I have my girlfriend's laptop. It's a 2001 vaio (very fancy back then i imagine - it's super small). It's running xp, all drivers present and correct etc.
I have uninstalled the multiple toolbars, antivirus programs etc. I would have done a clean install of xp only the machine has no cd drive and my reason for wanting to rebuild prevents pxe installation.
When i plug in a lan lead (tested on another machine without fault) windows recognises the fact and does the usual. I have been assigned an IP of 169.254.143.24 which is well within the defined range on the router. So far so good.
Internet exploder cannot connect to the internet, so I went through the usual list of checks as follows:
IP Address - present
Default Gateway - absent
DNS Server - absent
WINS Server - absent
Obtain IP address automatically - check
Obtain DNS server address automatically - check
Alternate configuration - automatic private IP address
Authentication - Enable IEEE 802.1x authentication for this network = Smart Card or other Certificate (could this be the issue?)
Firewall - Off
Internet explorer - connections - LAN - automatically detect settings - check
I cannot ping the router, I cannot ping my own website, or google, or any other machines on the network, including an apple machine.
Help!
I have uninstalled the multiple toolbars, antivirus programs etc. I would have done a clean install of xp only the machine has no cd drive and my reason for wanting to rebuild prevents pxe installation.
When i plug in a lan lead (tested on another machine without fault) windows recognises the fact and does the usual. I have been assigned an IP of 169.254.143.24 which is well within the defined range on the router. So far so good.
Internet exploder cannot connect to the internet, so I went through the usual list of checks as follows:
IP Address - present
Default Gateway - absent
DNS Server - absent
WINS Server - absent
Obtain IP address automatically - check
Obtain DNS server address automatically - check
Alternate configuration - automatic private IP address
Authentication - Enable IEEE 802.1x authentication for this network = Smart Card or other Certificate (could this be the issue?)
Firewall - Off
Internet explorer - connections - LAN - automatically detect settings - check
I cannot ping the router, I cannot ping my own website, or google, or any other machines on the network, including an apple machine.
Help!