High Speed Connection...W2000 refuses

NickUMass · 11-29-2005, 02:06 PM

I have an older Dell Latitude C600 running W2000 pro. I have had it hooked up to cable internet through a 3com wireless NIC and through a 3com Lan/28.8 modem combo NIC before (at home). The combo nic card uses a dongle. The problem is, now that I'm at school, the computer will not recognize an internet connection. I've tried using the wired NIC and tried plugging the cable directly into the built-in port (pictured). No activity lights turn on at any point (there are 2 on the dongle and 1 or 2 on the onboard port). I've verified the cable is fine, I'm posting from it right now on my desktop. W2000 seems to lean very heavily towards dialup connections, and has little configurable options that I can find as far as LAN and high speed connections go. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

Chevy · 11-30-2005, 10:58 PM

Right Click on My Network Places and select Properties. You'll see your network connections. The one to check is Local Area Connection (followed by a number).

Check the TCP/IP properites - you may have it set to static IP addressing. If so, change to DHCP and reboot.

11-30-2005, 10:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
Chevy Retired Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Notlob Posts: 5,452 OS: Vista Ultimate My System	Right Click on My Network Places and select Properties. You'll see your network connections. The one to check is Local Area Connection (followed by a number). Check the TCP/IP properites - you may have it set to static IP addressing. If so, change to DHCP and reboot.