obiwanquinobi
13-07-2005, 20:47
Hi,
This is my first post on these boards so be gentle with me please ;)
I recently got a new PC and want to switch my NTL cable over to the new PC.
I was running Windows 98 and using the USB connection on the old rig. The new PC has two network cards, A Yukon Marvellan, and an NVidia Networking controller with all the latest drivers applied.
As far as was aware, it should have been just a case of unplugging everything, connecting the modem via an ethernet cable to one of the NIC's and powering up the modem, let it settle and then boot the PC??
Wrong...The NIC cant get an IP address from NTL's DHCP server! and just reverts to the private 169.x.x.x ip range after trying for ages to get an address from NTL.
I tried to connect using the USB and the broadband installer..but I still cant get an address from DHCP.
I contacted technical support who were less than useless. Told me that both my network cards were broken :confused: and that my PC needed looking at?? I added that " If both my network cards are broken, how can I NOT connect with the USB adaptor either?" ... no sensible response:mad:
I did tell the support guy that we were using the USB connection on a windows 98 PC before. but he reckoned it shouldnt matter and I should be able to connect??
Tried fixing winsock with "netsh winsock reset" to NO avail
Anyone got any ideas how I can sort this one out?
Cheers and thanks for any replies people :)
*Edited for typos
This is my first post on these boards so be gentle with me please ;)
I recently got a new PC and want to switch my NTL cable over to the new PC.
I was running Windows 98 and using the USB connection on the old rig. The new PC has two network cards, A Yukon Marvellan, and an NVidia Networking controller with all the latest drivers applied.
As far as was aware, it should have been just a case of unplugging everything, connecting the modem via an ethernet cable to one of the NIC's and powering up the modem, let it settle and then boot the PC??
Wrong...The NIC cant get an IP address from NTL's DHCP server! and just reverts to the private 169.x.x.x ip range after trying for ages to get an address from NTL.
I tried to connect using the USB and the broadband installer..but I still cant get an address from DHCP.
I contacted technical support who were less than useless. Told me that both my network cards were broken :confused: and that my PC needed looking at?? I added that " If both my network cards are broken, how can I NOT connect with the USB adaptor either?" ... no sensible response:mad:
I did tell the support guy that we were using the USB connection on a windows 98 PC before. but he reckoned it shouldnt matter and I should be able to connect??
Tried fixing winsock with "netsh winsock reset" to NO avail
Anyone got any ideas how I can sort this one out?
Cheers and thanks for any replies people :)
*Edited for typos