"Steve" wrote:
|A weird happening for both my cable and dial-up connections.  After setting
| up my computer [Windows 2000] with a new Linksys router for testing
purposes,
| and then returning to my old Linksys router, I cannot get on my Comcast
cable
| nor can I do AOL dial-up.  I even cannot connect directly between my
Comcast
| modem made my Sony laptop [without the router].  Is there a common problem
| here between my dialup and cable?
|
| My Local Area Connection reads: Speed: 100Mbps, Sent 3 packets, Received 0
| packets, Status: Connected.
|
| General Tab:  TCP/IP is the only box checked, and when I click on its
| Properties, Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server
address
| automatically are the only radial boxes indicated.
|
| The Advanced box has DHCP Enabled as the only thing showing for IP
Address.
| Nothing shows in the Gateway box.
|
| For the Connect using under the General tab, the Network Everywhere Fast
| Ethernet 10/100 PC Card is correct, and when I click its Configure, it
says
| under Device Status, "This device is working properly."
|
| The above is my Comcast cable connection, and I am connected directly to
the
| Comcast modem.  I turned my Comcast modem off and then on, and also
reversed
| my Ethernet cable.  Nothing.  Comcast suggests I buy another Ethernet
card.
|
| HOWEVER, when I try dial-up on my AOL, I still cannot get an outside
| connection.  I get dial tone, but it stops halfway through the connect
| procedure.  I contacted AOL for suggestions, but their help still cannot
get
| connections.
|
| My gut tells me I somehow messed up a connection common to the two methods
| of dialup and cable Internet connection.  Is it IE 6.0?  Did I screw up
the
| Registry?
|
| In any case I am looking for suggestions as to how to troubleshoot this
| problem [or should I just buy another Ethernet card for my Sony laptop?]
|
| Thanks,
|
| Steve
|