superdave1984
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I am going tonight to look at a PC that is new, or near new. Never been on the internet, never had a CAT-5 connected to it. The cable company guys say the NIC is bad. I was there last night, and since there was no cable modem yet, I really couldn't/didn't do much other than make sure it is set for DHCP, that it was enabled in device manager, and that I could ping the loopback. The cable guys connected a laptop to the cable modem and got a IP address, no such luck on the PC. I can't imagine a new PC having a bad NIC. Device manager says it is working, I can ping the loopback. It's an onboard so no chance of it being unseated. I'm gonna run winsockxp and see if it helps. They bought a new NIC but I really don't think they need it. I'm gonna take my lappy and download new drivers for the onboard NIC and reinstall it. Also will take a crossover cable and see if I can connect directly. Any other suggestions? I must be missing something simple here.
Edit: forgot to mention it runs XP. Not positive if it is home or pro.
Edit: forgot to mention it runs XP. Not positive if it is home or pro.