IP and connection problems

JChappel · 09-15-2008, 10:44 AM

Hi all,

The problem i'm having is that my desk top i'm using as the server to my home network is nolonger connecting and when i go to type in ipconfig to see if it's connecting nothing comes up, it's not connecting to an ip address and now i can't get any of my other computers to connect to my printers or my plotter. I'm running the server computer off an at&t modem to a Lynksys router that's connecting everything from my netgear wireless router to an airlink printer router, Please help me figure out whats wrong.

Jerome

barrios01 · 09-15-2008, 02:07 PM

have you checked if the network card is not disabled in windows? Sometimes the cards get disabled and you don't know until you try to use the network resources

JChappel · 09-15-2008, 04:27 PM

How do I check this?

**johnwill** · 09-15-2008, 05:59 PM

Hold the Windows key and press R, then type devmgmt.msc

Please respond to all the following steps.

Under Network adapters, please tell me all the devices listed.
Are there any devices under Network adapters that have a red x displayed?
Also, are there any devices anywhere in the Device Manager display with yellow ? or ! displayed?

JChappel · 09-16-2008, 10:33 AM

Under network adaptions there was a red X at Broadcom Netxtreme Gigabit Ethernet for HP. There were no Yellow ? or ! anywhere.

barrios01 · 09-16-2008, 01:33 PM

The red X means is disabled. The yellow usually means that there is a problem with the device it is kind of working but not there. Right click on the Broadcom and see if you have an option to choose enable

JChappel · 09-16-2008, 05:12 PM

Ok, now it's connecting to the internet again but printer and plotter is still not being found on the server, what do I do about this?

barrios01 · 09-17-2008, 08:37 AM

Double click on My Network Places. Click Double click on computers near me. If you see your other computers then double click on them and see if you can see the printer and plotter provided that they are still set as a shared device. ( This is assuming you are using Windows 2000) You didn't mention operating system of your computers.

JChappel · 09-17-2008, 04:49 PM

It won't connect again but I do get ip addresses. I'm able to get on with my wireless laptop which is still connected to the modem and the router but when i do ipconfig the ip addresses are different than what's on my desktop, shouldn't they see the same ip address since they are on the same network? by the way i'm using XP.

09-15-2008, 10:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
JChappel Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 5 OS: Winxp	IP and connection problems Hi all, The problem i'm having is that my desk top i'm using as the server to my home network is nolonger connecting and when i go to type in ipconfig to see if it's connecting nothing comes up, it's not connecting to an ip address and now i can't get any of my other computers to connect to my printers or my plotter. I'm running the server computer off an at&t modem to a Lynksys router that's connecting everything from my netgear wireless router to an airlink printer router, Please help me figure out whats wrong. Jerome

09-15-2008, 02:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
barrios01 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 8 OS: windows xp	Re: IP and connection problems have you checked if the network card is not disabled in windows? Sometimes the cards get disabled and you don't know until you try to use the network resources

09-15-2008, 04:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
JChappel Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 5 OS: Winxp	Re: IP and connection problems How do I check this?

09-15-2008, 05:59 PM	#4 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,748 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: IP and connection problems Hold the Windows key and press R, then type devmgmt.msc Please respond to all the following steps. Under Network adapters, please tell me all the devices listed. Are there any devices under Network adapters that have a red x displayed? Also, are there any devices anywhere in the Device Manager display with yellow ? or ! displayed? __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

09-16-2008, 10:33 AM	#5 (permalink)
JChappel Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 5 OS: Winxp	Re: IP and connection problems Under network adaptions there was a red X at Broadcom Netxtreme Gigabit Ethernet for HP. There were no Yellow ? or ! anywhere.

09-16-2008, 01:33 PM	#6 (permalink)
barrios01 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 8 OS: windows xp	Re: IP and connection problems The red X means is disabled. The yellow usually means that there is a problem with the device it is kind of working but not there. Right click on the Broadcom and see if you have an option to choose enable

09-16-2008, 05:12 PM	#7 (permalink)
JChappel Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 5 OS: Winxp	Re: IP and connection problems Ok, now it's connecting to the internet again but printer and plotter is still not being found on the server, what do I do about this?

09-17-2008, 08:37 AM	#8 (permalink)
barrios01 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 8 OS: windows xp	Re: IP and connection problems Double click on My Network Places. Click Double click on computers near me. If you see your other computers then double click on them and see if you can see the printer and plotter provided that they are still set as a shared device. ( This is assuming you are using Windows 2000) You didn't mention operating system of your computers.

09-17-2008, 04:49 PM	#9 (permalink)
JChappel Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 5 OS: Winxp	Re: IP and connection problems It won't connect again but I do get ip addresses. I'm able to get on with my wireless laptop which is still connected to the modem and the router but when i do ipconfig the ip addresses are different than what's on my desktop, shouldn't they see the same ip address since they are on the same network? by the way i'm using XP.