Ive just upgraded to a live box and the wireless link works fine. I cannot connect to my desktop though and the "orange support team" tell me i may have the wrong lan card installed and need to check it out. Which lan card do i need? i have no idea and its seems neither do they. My pc is a HP pavilion any ideas please? I have to unplug my live box so i can reuse my belkin speedtouch modem when using the desktop and its a pain in the butt. Advice please
Assuming you want to connect the HP via wireless and that it connects OK via the speedtouch modem, does it have a wireless network card or wireless usb network adaptor ? What HP model is it ?
I'm struggling to replicate that here. Its going to be difficult to try and sort out over a forum. It will be fairly easy to sort out locally with someone who knows what they are doing.
Go to Control Panel and Network Connections, right click on your wired connection , Properties
It should look something like the left hand window in the above screen shot.
The network card appears to be sick or misconfigured. If you could describe what you get in network properties,it may help. If the network card is sick, its no major issue
Should work nicely, cheap generic PCI card with a mature chipset so XP doesn't need a driver.
If you have a small local computer shop, its probably a simple job to sort out. I'd avoid places like PC World as they'll probably want a small fortune to sort it (Fixed charges with big expensive service departments).
The hostname and physical address aren't really a security issue since the hostname can't be seen out here unless you configure the livebox to forward stuff to your pc and the physical address (the MAC address) isn't routeable over the internet. It is unique to your computer though. The hostname may be embarrassing if you call your PC something personal
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all seems ok so is it the lan card? all i get is "limited or no connectivity" i seem to be stuck here i think my lan card is a : NVDIA nForce MCP Networking Controller.
I have an ip address and a subnet mask but limited or no connectivity
Properties of the Internet Protocol(TCP/IP) on the left hand screen. If you have it, that is, I suspect from the ipconfig you posted it won't Be Broadband.
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i think my lan card is a : NVDIA nForce MCP Networking Controller.
