Computer guys, PLEASE, I'm aboutta kill myself soon :(

[Island Son]

on the desktop:
start / control panel / network connections / doubleclick on the connection / properties button / scroll down to internet protocol (tcp/ip) / click properties again. Probably the radiobuttons selected are for "obtain ip address automatically' and "obtain dhcp address automatically" (ie it picks it up automatically from the cable connection).

Repeat on the laptop and select the same radiobuttons. Reboot, plug in, all will be fine.

BTW the first thing you need to do have a firewall running; unprotected vanilla XP (no service packs) will be infected with a worm from the net on average within 10 minutes of connection, on a fresh XP installation. I'm not sure about XP service pack 1, but you should go to service pack 2 to be safe.

 

[Mammoth2500]

please explain in english

1st you need to find out what have for a NIC ( Network Interface Card ):

- start/control panel/(if in category view, if not skip this button) network and internet conncetions/ network connections. Here you should see a local area connection. in small letters it should tell you the name brand of your NIC.

- next use your other comp that you can connect to and search on google for the name of your card and the drivers. Dl the latest drivers.

- got back to the other pc and put the disk in. now:

Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click Performance and Maintenance.
Click See basic information about your computer.
In the System Properties dialog box, click the Hardware tab.
Click Device Manager.
Now find network adapters. expand this column then right click your NIC and choose update drivers and when it asks where choose your disk drive.

Now try your internet. I would disable any firewalls you have installed at the moment.

As for SP2 i wouldn't worry about updating that yet. I only use SP1 and have no issues at all.

If that does not work theres more stuff we can try to see if you NIC is actually picking up a IP from your ISP and if so can try and ping a web site rather than using your browser etc..

 

[bran987]

YES

1394 connection

double clicked

Clicked Properties

Scrolled to TCP/IP

Clicked Properties again

Here I Obtained IP address auto

but not DHCP as you said, only option is DNS automatically

said OK

rebooted

still no Internet.

FYI when I look at my 1394 connections it says I've been connected for 11:05 minutes at 400 Mbps, but no packets sent and no packets received.

 

[Devastation]

YES

1394 connection

double clicked

Clicked Properties

Scrolled to TCP/IP

Clicked Properties again

Here I Obtained IP address auto

but not DHCP as you said, only option is DNS automatically

said OK

rebooted

still no Internet.

FYI when I look at my 1394 connections it says I've been connected for 11:05 minutes at 400 Mbps, but no packets sent and no packets received.

i doubt you connect thru that port bro. do you have your driver disk or not

 

[juiceddreadlocks]

dude 1394 is firewire.

 

[Mammoth2500]

firewire indeed. should be another connection icon with it?

 

[bran987]

This is a Dell Inspiron 700M 1 month old

 

[Devastation]

This is a Dell Inspiron 700M 1 month old

DO YOU HAVE YOUR SYSTEM DRIVER DISK

 

[bran987]

1394 is the only connection under Network Connections

No I do not have a Driver CD, my computer came with no CD's, NONE.

 

[Mammoth2500]

OK take a look here to see if you have your NIC installed:

Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click Performance and Maintenance.
Click See basic information about your computer.
In the System Properties dialog box, click the Hardware tab.
Click Device Manager.
Now find network adapters. expand this column and what does it say?

Also does your internet require a username/pass everytime to connect?