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Here's a strange one for all you lot out there.
I have just re-wired the house with Cat5e network cable, with points in rooms where needed. The ADSL router (4-port 10/100) is now in the loft.
I plugged in my PC using my onboard gigabit adapter, and everything works fine - I can access the internet through the router, it assigns my IP dynamically, the works. I tried that on every socket and it's all fine.
However, none of our other PCs will work on the network. Similarly, my computer won't connect if I use my 10/100 network card rather than the onboard gigabit. They simply seem to hang at the "acquiring network address" stage, then return a status of "Limited or no connectivity". They cannot ping other machines on the network or anything.
If I assign the IPs manaully, they say connected, but can't indeed connect to anything - they can't access the router, they can't ping, etc.
Does anyone have any ideas why they don't work? This is fairly urgent!
I have just re-wired the house with Cat5e network cable, with points in rooms where needed. The ADSL router (4-port 10/100) is now in the loft.
I plugged in my PC using my onboard gigabit adapter, and everything works fine - I can access the internet through the router, it assigns my IP dynamically, the works. I tried that on every socket and it's all fine.
However, none of our other PCs will work on the network. Similarly, my computer won't connect if I use my 10/100 network card rather than the onboard gigabit. They simply seem to hang at the "acquiring network address" stage, then return a status of "Limited or no connectivity". They cannot ping other machines on the network or anything.
If I assign the IPs manaully, they say connected, but can't indeed connect to anything - they can't access the router, they can't ping, etc.
Does anyone have any ideas why they don't work? This is fairly urgent!
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Have you checked Event Viewer for any errors clues ?
Everything was working before. I haven't changed any settings on the PCs or the router, only the cabling is new.
I've checked all the path cables using my onboard gigabit and my socket, and all the sockets using a long patch cable and my computer again.
I just tried turning off the Windows Firewall, but still nothing.
Is there any way I could have wired the sockets and things to be gigabit only? Even though the router isn't a gigabit router and I'm only getting 100Mbps on this PC with gigabit?
I've checked all the path cables using my onboard gigabit and my socket, and all the sockets using a long patch cable and my computer again.
I just tried turning off the Windows Firewall, but still nothing.
Is there any way I could have wired the sockets and things to be gigabit only? Even though the router isn't a gigabit router and I'm only getting 100Mbps on this PC with gigabit?
Nimco wrote:
> The PCs only have the Windows XP firewall.
Still try turning it off - The Windows XP firewall is still enough to confuse things!
Were things working before your re-wire or is everything new?
> The PCs only have the Windows XP firewall.
Still try turning it off - The Windows XP firewall is still enough to confuse things!
Were things working before your re-wire or is everything new?
The PCs only have the Windows XP firewall.
I have tried rebooting the router, and also tried swapping the ports round on the router.
How do you mean permissions?
I have tried rebooting the router, and also tried swapping the ports round on the router.
How do you mean permissions?
Firewall perhaps?
DHCP needs renewing?
Permissions on the PC's?
DHCP needs renewing?
Permissions on the PC's?
Here's a strange one for all you lot out there.
I have just re-wired the house with Cat5e network cable, with points in rooms where needed. The ADSL router (4-port 10/100) is now in the loft.
I plugged in my PC using my onboard gigabit adapter, and everything works fine - I can access the internet through the router, it assigns my IP dynamically, the works. I tried that on every socket and it's all fine.
However, none of our other PCs will work on the network. Similarly, my computer won't connect if I use my 10/100 network card rather than the onboard gigabit. They simply seem to hang at the "acquiring network address" stage, then return a status of "Limited or no connectivity". They cannot ping other machines on the network or anything.
If I assign the IPs manaully, they say connected, but can't indeed connect to anything - they can't access the router, they can't ping, etc.
Does anyone have any ideas why they don't work? This is fairly urgent!
I have just re-wired the house with Cat5e network cable, with points in rooms where needed. The ADSL router (4-port 10/100) is now in the loft.
I plugged in my PC using my onboard gigabit adapter, and everything works fine - I can access the internet through the router, it assigns my IP dynamically, the works. I tried that on every socket and it's all fine.
However, none of our other PCs will work on the network. Similarly, my computer won't connect if I use my 10/100 network card rather than the onboard gigabit. They simply seem to hang at the "acquiring network address" stage, then return a status of "Limited or no connectivity". They cannot ping other machines on the network or anything.
If I assign the IPs manaully, they say connected, but can't indeed connect to anything - they can't access the router, they can't ping, etc.
Does anyone have any ideas why they don't work? This is fairly urgent!
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