[Stan the Man]

Hi all Iâ₠¬ÃƒÆ’¢â€žÂ¢m in need of some help, Iâ₠¬ÃƒÆ’¢â€žÂ¢m by no means a novice but Iâ₠¬ÃƒÆ’¢â€žÂ¢m not an expert either.

Iâ₠¬ÃƒÆ’¢â€žÂ¢ve just upgraded my computer stack to one with Asus K8V Motherboard + AMD Athlon 300 64 Bit CPU

Iâ₠¬ÃƒÆ’¢â€žÂ¢m running Windows XP Home & connect to NTL Broadband 600mbps through a Set Top Box.

On my old stack I didnâ₠¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢t have an ethernet card so my connection had to be via an AEI USB TO Fast Ethernet Adaptor.

My new computer has a Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/100oBase-T Adapter, Copper RJ-45 but I canââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢t get it to connect so Iâ₠¬ÃƒÆ’¢â€žÂ¢m still using the AEI USB TO Fast Ethernet Adaptor which by the way works perfectly well.

Its just that I would like to use my ethernet port for its intended purpose & it will also free up my USB port.

What have I tried so far, well I went into Control Panel/Network Connections/Local Area Connection for my Marvell Yukon Ethernet Device

I tried the configure key but it said I would need to contact my network administrator

I have all my internet connection settings so in Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties and entered all my connection settings, IP address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway & DNS Servers.

There was nowhere to put the Physical Address or DHCP Server though?

When Iâ₠¬ÃƒÆ’¢â€žÂ¢d done this in my Local Area Connection Status Properties I seemed to be getting packets sent but none received & couldnââ‚Ã⠀šÃ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢t connect to the internet or email.

In Internet Explore/Tools/ Lan settings Iâ₠¬ÃƒÆ’¢â€žÂ¢m set to Automatically detect settings.

I thought Windows would just Automatically sort it all for me, but hopefully I think I maybe on the right track & with some expert guidance from yourselves Iâ₠¬ÃƒÆ’¢â€žÂ¢m hoping to solve the problem.

Eagerly awaiting your advice

Yours Stan