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UnrealJo · 02-02-2011, 00:31

Hi,

I have a work laptop that I use at work and home. Originally at home, I had an old Ethernet cable which had broken ends. It was plugged into the router and directly into the laptop, and it worked ... with the issue of being a bit stretched, and sometimes coming out of the router or the laptop. So I invested a little money in buying a Cat5 Ethernet cable of 5 M length. Plugged it into the router, and the laptop, booted up the laptop, and all seemed fine: green lights on the router, lights working at the back of the laptop. However, when I attempted to access google on the internet ... failed to connect. That laptop runs XP, so I had a look at the network settings - all looked ok. I did an IPCONFIG /ALL and found the correct 192.168.0.x address assigned from the router, correct gateway address etc. So it was getting a connection ... yet still no internet. Checked the PC firewall (Macafee), no issues there that I could see. So tried the cable in another laptop at home ... a Window7 one. Again, IPCONFIG showed that router connection was fine, but yet again could not access the internet. Went into Network and Sharing Center ... it showed that all was ok ... including internet access ... yet my browsers were not accessing the internet. Any ideas? I also have a 10 M Ethernet cable from the same place, and it too shows the same issues. The router is a Netcomm router (sorry cannot remember the model). It is also a wireless router, so connected wirelessly to check ... and via the wireless connection can access the internet. Have another PC connected via a wire to that router, and it works. So that leaves me with the cable ....?

02-02-2011, 00:31	#1
UnrealJo Inactive Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 5	Cable Issues? Hi, I have a work laptop that I use at work and home. Originally at home, I had an old Ethernet cable which had broken ends. It was plugged into the router and directly into the laptop, and it worked ... with the issue of being a bit stretched, and sometimes coming out of the router or the laptop. So I invested a little money in buying a Cat5 Ethernet cable of 5 M length. Plugged it into the router, and the laptop, booted up the laptop, and all seemed fine: green lights on the router, lights working at the back of the laptop. However, when I attempted to access google on the internet ... failed to connect. That laptop runs XP, so I had a look at the network settings - all looked ok. I did an IPCONFIG /ALL and found the correct 192.168.0.x address assigned from the router, correct gateway address etc. So it was getting a connection ... yet still no internet. Checked the PC firewall (Macafee), no issues there that I could see. So tried the cable in another laptop at home ... a Window7 one. Again, IPCONFIG showed that router connection was fine, but yet again could not access the internet. Went into Network and Sharing Center ... it showed that all was ok ... including internet access ... yet my browsers were not accessing the internet. Any ideas? I also have a 10 M Ethernet cable from the same place, and it too shows the same issues. The router is a Netcomm router (sorry cannot remember the model). It is also a wireless router, so connected wirelessly to check ... and via the wireless connection can access the internet. Have another PC connected via a wire to that router, and it works. So that leaves me with the cable ....?