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Originally Posted by garyd
Hi All,
Please forgive my apparent ignorance but I am really stuck and`would very much appreciate any advice given.
I have just (eventually!!) had VirginMedia Broadband`supplied but can't connect to internet.
I connect the ethernet cable to the modem and fire it up.
After a couple of mins I then connect the ethernet cable to the tower (pc chips motherboard-sorry!) and switch pc on.
Unfortunately I cannot connect to the internet. I have looked in Network Connections and could only find reference to a "1394 C0nnection" which is connected and firewalled. Now to be honest I thought this was a firewire connection hence my confusion.
I couldn't find any help on the net via laptop (which connects via the same cable and modem!) so I reformatted my XP Pro installation.
Still no change.
Have I deleted somehow the link to the LAN, maybe?
Otherwise I suspect the ethernet socket/motherboard but have no idea how to confirm this.
Any help or advice will be much appreciated.
All the best,
Gary. |
You appear to have either not installed your NIC drivers or deleted them, do you have the disk that came with your motherboard or NIC, if so try re installing them.
If this does not work you may have to fit a new NIC which you can pick up from your PC hardware supplier.