Network Card Failure

[jahistx]

Hi

I have been experiencing problems with my network card - I have been unable to see other workgroup computers on our LAN.

In an effort to restore this function, I removed my network card in Device Manager, and rebooted. XP found the device again, and I set up IP parameters manually for the 192.168.0.x subnet.

I can now browse workgroup computers, and I can ping other IP addresses on the LAN, but if I try to use the internet (with 'use default connection if no LAN' checked) XP acts as if there is no network available!

I cannot use any of my other apps dependant on network access, such as ftp, terminal emulation, crystal reports.

I have also seen an error when logging in, as follows:

UDP Socket
WSA Error = 10038

This problem has got me stumped - your advice is very much appreciated!

Regards

 

[jrbarnett]

Hi,

When you set up the IP address for your network card, did you specify DNS server addresses as well (these are responsible for converting the IP addresses to and from machine names; if not you should be able to get them from another working PC).

Re the web access, as you are on a private range you may well need to connect through a proxy server to allow your browser to browse sites. Again, look at the network settings on another PC to find out. I presume the private IP range is on the same subnet as the other machines on the LAN.

As you have a multitude of problems, I would also go to another computer and see if it can see your pc from my network places and it can browse any shares on your disk.

John

 

[nlm9802]

does your LAN use dhcp or do you manually enter IP's?

I've never tried manually entering IP's on a dhcp only network, but I'd imagine you would have to enter a wins server, dns server, and gateway also.

do you have/can you ping your gateway? this is generally a router, but sometimes a pc that acts as a router.

your best bet will be to get on another computer on the network and check all the ip's. go to start, run, and type in cmd, then hit enter. this will bring up a dos prompt. now type c: if it isnt already on c:\ then type "ipconfig /all" without the quotes. this should display the ip, subnet, gateway, wins, dns, and dhcp server ip's. if dhcp enabled: says yes, easy, if not, copy all the ip's and manually enter them on your NIC.

I wouldnt be too concerned about the winsock error, it almost sounds like xp was told you have a modem, then couldnt find it... not sure on that one.