I've got my livebox today but it won't complete setup, I'm asuming that it's Orange who havn't completed set up at their end as I've not receive a confirmation e-mail with my password as promised in the letter and people do say that it's best to wait about ten days after joining (i joined 1/10/07).
But I was just wondering is there a way of finding out if my ethernet socket is actually working? I've done a ping test (ping 192.168.1.1) and it's saying sent - 4 received - 0, does this mean my ethernet socket is working and it's sending a signal out but not getting anthing back from the livebox.
I suppose if this isn't working I can always try and connect wirelessly which is what I want anyway with a usb adapter.
Joined: 12 Jun 2006Posts: 907Location: Weston-super-Mare, UK
TO TEST NETWORK CONNECTION:
Are you sure that you have a network card in the computer - I know it sounds daft - but they look very similar to modems.
(Start - All Programs - Accessories)
Open Command Prompt
Ping 192.168.1.1 -t
Control C to stop
For info purposes this command does a continuous loopback ping to the router. Without the -t it only does it 4 times. Its a means of quickly checking connectivity between PC and router.
If no connection will say:
Destination host unreachable.
Check into Network Connections through the control panel. Double click your local area connection. What status does it show? If connected go into the support tab, what does it show in there?
You could also right click the connection and repair it.
There could be a problem with network cable - try another one. Also if you are in the red socket on the Livebox try the yellow one.
There could be a problem with network card or drivers - first try re-installing drivers - re-boot computer.
If still no luck I would physically take network card out of computer - re-boot computer, then turn off. Re-install network card and allow XP to to find and install it.
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