XP machine running.
Green lights flickering normal looking on NTL cable modem.
At back of XP machine little green light on ethernet card is flickering.
XP logo now moving around the screen,
i think this is some sort of screen saver thats kicked in.
I have worked through the instructions in the XP help,
but no success yet.
Please give me a clue what to do .......
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just been reading back through this thread,
going to turn off my cable modem,
then wait 5 mins,
then turn it on again.
I will keep my fingers crossed, John
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remembered the dock for the laptop with no serial port,
went and got it cos this laptop is a reasonable speed 500megs
and set up the dial up on this laptop.
I think its time to switch back on the cable modem,
and see how it goes.
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03:15 AM
still no result from the XP machine,
but it does bring up a dial-up box asking for name and password,
i have filled these in, just in case it might use them to connect
via the ethernet card, but it doesn't.
Any suggestions ?
I am going to read back through this thread to see if there
is anything ive missed ......
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03:35 Hrs AM.
kronas,
do you have a set top box or cable modem ?
Its a cable modem, small, silver plastic, from NTL
nffc,
What's the exact problem?
I've no idea. probably my lack of experience using XP.
I have no trouble with my other stuff running 98se.
Do you have an ethernet cable between the pc and the modem?
Yes, its an eight wire cable, and it works fine on my other stuff.
This cable is sound, i checked it earlier.
Disconnect it and go into Control Panel- Network Connections and see what it says next to "Local Area Connection"- should say "network cable unplugged" or smthg... then plug it in, what does it say then? Should say "Connected" or something.
Okay, i will do that now ....
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03:45 Hrs AM.
Yes, it said
'Network cable unplugged'
in light grey letters.
Plugged it back in, then it said
'Enabled'
in light grey letters.
So i hope this means something .....
something positive i hope .....
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03:59 Hrs AM.
Right click the connection and select Status, on the Support tab what are the first digits of the IP? something like 10, 192, 169, etc etc. Just the first two/three digits?
The first five digits are: 81.111
What make/model is the CM and what lights are on/flashing?
having a look now ........