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Cycovision
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Hello folks! Yes, I'm back in the UK now and back at work  I've only just found this thread again, maybe I should bookmark it 
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masseur
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welcome back!... allow me to help
click here to bookmark your own topic 
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Cycovision
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Thanks Masseur
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masseur
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actually here's a starter for you...
please tell me about name resolutions, wins and dchp. I pretty much understand DNS I think
in particular where i can see current translations and where I can set new translations
I have installed some HP drivers for a network printer and on my vista machine I can ping the device name itself so it clearly has some translation going on somewhere. on an xp machine I can see its trying to access the printer via that name but pinging suggests there is no name resolution for that device name
ta
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Cycovision
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To be honest, this isn't an area I know a great deal about so rather than regurgitate a load of information that you could easily google for, I'll post a couple of links that I have in my favourites for problems such as this.
Basically, for those who may not know, WINS is (or supposedly was!) just a M$ produced version of the NetBios Name Services system that M$ used in all of their operating systems prior to Windows 2000. It does exactly the same thing, i.e. map device or domain names to IP addresses that have been dynamically assigned by other computers or devices, such as routers or network printers, using a simple database table system that is updated on start-up. Same thing, done slightly differently for licensing purposes!
Which means that it shouldn't have anything to do with Masseur's problem at all, even though the WINS system is still available in M$ OS's for backwards compatibility. So here's the links:
This is a M$ tech report explaining the DNS system in XP, along with command line examples to hack it. Maybe of some help, since it sounds like you may need to set up the name resolution manually within XP?
http://technet.microsoft.com/[....]ca-b44d-90e6-146ace638e24.aspx
And here's an article about routing tables. I've had to play about with these several times in the past to solve various networking problems so again, it might come in useful for you.
http://www.microsoft.com/reso[....]docs/en-us/route.mspx?mfr=true
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masseur
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thanks. yeah I thought WINS was outdated from the brief bit I had read but I'll follow up on those links tomorrow as HP support is not as good as it used to be, i.e. its now offshore and very script driven
as background, I recently got the L7780 to replace our HP d155xi at home, but like most HP stuff the hardware is great but their software leaves alot to be desired. Thing is that once its working then its fantastic! duplex printing, copying, scanning, fax, wifi, lan etc etc
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goldenface
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Hi cyco,
my laptop doesn't detect my network cable when its plugged in. The little green light near the port comes on though and the cable is fine. The device manager shows no issues either. Any ideas? . |
Cycovision
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Is the network connection disabled? Go to Control Panel - Network Connections and make sure that 'Local Area Connection' does not have a red cross on it's icon. If it has, right-click on it and select 'Enable'.
Is your firewall app blocking it? Check every setting that you can find just to make sure!
If it's not any of those, have you tried running the Network Setup Wizard again?
What are you trying to connect to, a router or directly to another computer?
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goldenface
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I'm connecting to a router. I was told a pop up would appear when the cable plugs in but nothing. I'll check those settings, thanks.
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Cycovision
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Oh right! Might be that the router isn't configured correctly? Are you plumbing in a new internet service provider and running their software to sort everything out?
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gtreds
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Check da cable colour codings.
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Danny_BFC
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http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=147269&forum=22
Any help there please mate :S
Im not fussed about phones/gadgets no more. If im online im in the Non-Mobile discussion  |
Cycovision
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goldenface
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On 2007-05-27 21:49:56, Cycovision wrote:
Oh right! Might be that the router isn't configured correctly? Are you plumbing in a new internet service provider and running their software to sort everything out?
Yes, thats right. The Broadband is ready to be used as I can detect it and its signal strength etc via a Netgear router.
But when I try and enter the network key to connect I get a message telling me with will only allow either 5 or 13 ASCII characters and my network key is 8 block capitals. 
So I turn the wep off then connect but nothing. The connection is supposed to appear automatically in network settings but it doesn't.
It looks like a problem with the Network Adaptor as although this seems to be working ok in the device manager it si supposed to react when I plug the network cable in but it doesn't.
Should I try reinstalling the network card? Is this a bug with XP in particular? I am on SP1, will acquiring SP2 make any difference?
I'm stumped.
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Cycovision
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Very strange! It shouldn't have anything to do with SP1 but it might be worth a look on google just to make sure, I'll have a look in a little while.
Can you ping the router from the command line? Click 'Start', 'Run', type in 'cmd' and then Click 'Ok'.
Then, type in 'ipconfig' and press 'Enter'. If nothing happens, try 'ipconfig /renew'.
If it lists a 'Default Gateway', type in 'ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx' (where xxx.xxx is the default gateway IP address). This will show if the computer can actually talk to the router.
A nice little tool that might solve this problem is 'Winsock Fix' available here
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Posted: 2007-05-25 19:45
