Ethernet card gets no IP-Address

[fagga]

Hi there,

I would like to connect my Windows 98 SE workstation over an ethernet network to my Linux router but the ethernet card in my Windows workstation never gets an IP address assigned. Not if I assign it on my own directly, nor if I specify to get an IP address automaticaly from the working DHCP server. 'winipcfg' and 'ipconfig' both terminate saying that they couldn't read the ip configuration or something. Only if I install a Dial-Up Adapter 'winipcfg' runs but it doesn't show the ethernet card. There's only the PPP device.
Everything works fine under Linux (on the same computer) so the problem must be somewhere in Windows.
I tried reinstalling several times with no effect. Windows allways detects the ethernet card and installs the appropriate drivers but that's it. It get's never an IP address.

Any clues?

 

[edfair]

How about removing windows ability to assign stuff. Should be a CMOS choice for plug and pray and also for the PCI IRQs to assign to legacy.
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[fagga]

Yes, I think this would help but how can I remove this ability?

 

[edfair]

Usually , you can disable stuff in CMOS setup. But without knowing the board it is just a wild guess whether you can do it.
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[fagga]

The board is a K6BV3+ with an Award BIOS and if I understand it right it's only possible to assign an IRQ to ISA or to PCI and to assign an IRQ to a PCI slot. But it looks to me like Windows doesn't care about these settings.

 

[edfair]

Does the Award version have PNP configuration available?
Mine do, and setting the PNP to manual rather than auto gives me more control over the hardware stuff. But this is also a function of whatever BIOS level your board manufacturer bought.
It can be a real pain to get everything sorted out. So hang tough.
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[fagga]

Finally it works.
I installed some drivers for my mainboard, among others one called "IRQ Routing Driver", and now now everything works perfectly.

Thanks again for the help,
bye.

 

[tvgod64]

Fagga, I am having the exact same problem with a Win 98 machine, trying to set up an ADSL router. Everything has been set up correctly but the machine just refuses to get an IP address from the router. I think it must be the same problem that you were having on your machine. However I'm not so familiar with playing around with the motherboard... plus it's not my computer so I don't want to take the risk of messing it up completely. However, it would be greatly appreciated if you would give me some tips on how you went about doing this. THanks... tvgod64@hotmail.com.

 

[fagga]

If your ethernet card ist detected correctly and you are just getting no IP, it is not the same problem. My problem was, that Windows could not detect the ethernet card without these mainboard drivers. After I installed the drivers, Windows detected the card and I got an IP address and everything worked perfect.
I'm sorry, but I don't know why you do have this problem. Maybe you find some help in the documentation to your router. Sorry, these tips are shit, but I don't have any clue.

 

[edfair]

The processor talks to the network card through software drivers specifically written for hardware. And if the drivers aren't right the hardware doesn't let the chips talk together. No talk , no detection. Primarily affecting PCI.

Do you have access to ISA bus? And the possibility of an ISA bus network card? Might help clarify issues.



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