Network Connection issues

[SirManiak]

Ok i just finished setting up a wired/wireless network at my friends work. Everything went fine up until the last computer. Now by no means am i a tek, but im at my wits end as far as this last computer goes. There are as of the moment 8 working comps attached to the network (1 wired/7 wireless), all of which i setup myself, so the settings are the same on every computer, and even with the same settings on the final one it is not working. All computers are running XP pro, all clean installs except for the one Im having issues with, it was a 2000 which had XPpro upgrade. For whatever reason I cannot get the last comp to connect to the internet (get a DNS connection). Its not a driver issue as all drivers were reinstalled after the upgrade. Card is linksys, router is Netgear, in the linksys utility it says the card is attached to the router, but not the internet, the place is closed at the moment so i cannot run a ipconfig to check if the DNS matches the rest of the computers. Was just wondering what my next steps should be if A) the DNS servers match, and B) if they don't match ??

Its a cable connection, DHCP enabled, Auto Assign IP, standard broadband setup nothing crazy

Any insight would be helpful
thanks
mike

 

[bcastner]

If (A), faq779-46625
If (B), it could be anything: the machine is out of range, the driver install is faulty, the machine does not support Wireless Zero Configuration, there are services that are not started (DHCP client, Wireless Zero, Remote Procedure Call), etc.

An ipconfig /all would help.

 

[pbunyon]

Besides what bcaster notes you may want to identify if you can ping the router, ping yahoo? If so then try and flush the workstations DNS with "ipconfig /flushdns" cmd followed with the "ipconfig /registerdns". Verify settings with as you know ipconfig /all. If no change or help you can always assign manually.

Paul K Phillips