[actionlover]

Any ideas on how to get out on the internet on my newly reformatted Dell 2400 Dimension?

I tried a few connections. I tried going from my cable modem directly to my newly formatted pc. I tried going through my Linksys router WRT54G. No matter what I do I keep getting the Network Cable Unplugged on my LAN icon even if the plug is in. All my drivers are supposedly working according to the device manager.

I think my NIC card is working but I'm not sure. Any ideas anyone out there in Juiceland?

Thanks a bunch!

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[Hybr!d]

That icon will only show if the network drivers are installed and goes away when you plug in a cable. If you plug both ends of the cable in and both items are on and the message still shows then restart everything so you get allocated a fresh IP.

[actionlover]

Hybrid,

I tried again and I still get the network cable unplugged icon with a red x on it. I tried two brand new cables and flipped both ends and still have the red x on the LAN icon. I restarted and still have the same problem. Any ideas?? I'm not sure if the pc is configured correctly because it is the first time I ever reformatted a pc. I D/l'd the drivers from the resource CD and I think I figured out how to install them correctly. The device manager said my Broadcom device is working.

I feel that I may not be suited to get this going on the internet as I am a noob.

Thanks for your reply.

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[Hybr!d]

The X goes away when a cable is plugged in both ends, nothing else is needed, no drivers, no IP, nothing. Can you test the cables on another machine?

[actionlover]

Yes, I've tried the cables on my other working pc. They are fine. No matter what I do it seems that I can't get rid of the red X. That is why I thought that I did something wrong or missed something during the reformat process. I first thought it was the router so I plugged directly into my cable modem but still the red X was there. I don't know what else to try??

[actionlover]

Oh I forgot to mention that there are no green lights or orange lights lit on my port. Sorry I forgot that important info. That is why I thought something else was wrong besides the cables.

[Hybr!d]

Ah, well, it could be that the network port is not installed properly. Tried new drivers from the Dell website?

[actionlover]

I D/L'd the drivers they suggested from my service tag for this model. But I used the ones that came on the resource cd. I'm not sure if they are the same. I made a disc of the drivers that they had on the website. But I'm not sure if they are the same ones I have on my resource cd from Dell. I'm not even sure if the ones I got from the website even work. As I said I used the resource cd.

[actionlover]

I'm not sure which driver is the "network driver."

[actionlover]

I just put in the disc I d/l'd of the dell drivers suggested for this pc. I extracted all those drivers. One seemed to be different than the ones on the resource disc. Also there is a Dell Bios floppy disc file. I just found an old floppy disc that I'm formatting right now. May the info on this floppy be helpful in solving my problem? Will this be a possible answer to why I still get the red x on my LAN icon?

I just got an error message that windows could not format this old floppy. Oh boy I guess I'm really in trouble. I have no other floppies on hand.