Re: I'm at the proverbial brick wall with this 'puter!

what I would like to know is, have you had any other computer using your dsl
line with success. If not, try one to get a connection. If you cannot get a
connection
then I would say your dsl connection is at fault. That is a horse of a
different color/dsl connections either work or they don't and if they don't
work you can try the phone company but chances are you may be to far away
from the central office for a connect.

"The Seabat" <seabat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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OK, I've got a four or five year old Gateway, 400MHz, 64MB RAM,
Windows 98SE. I can't seem to figure out what is keeping this puppy
from connecting to the internet.

I've changed DSL modems three times.
Swapped around cat5 cables a whole lot of times.
Tried three different NIC cards, one twice after it was sent back from
the factory (D-Link) with a report that it was fine.
Windows recognizes the D-Link card (DFE-538TX) and the drivers install
just fine. There are no problems in Device Manager or in Networks in
the Control Panel.
There are no settings for the NIC card in the BIOS, I checked for
sure. No conflicts with IRQ's. The NIC card is the only PCI card.
Video and sound are both onboard the motherboard.
When the cat5 is installed into the slot in the card, the green light
comes on and so does the light on the modem. But it will not connect
to the internet, or even let me connect to the modem. Everything works
fine except you can't connect to the net.

All the parts have been installed in an other system and they all work
just peachy that way. I have wiped the hard drive clean, reformatted
and re-installed Windows 98SE twice. I have un-installed and
re-installed Windows network three times. I've been into save mode and
made sure that all devices had been deleted before installing them
again and that is all clean, except for what is supposed to be there.
I have moved the NIC card around all the PCI slots on the motherboard
to no avail.
Everything works! But it won't access the web. Arrrrrgghhhhh!! I'm at
a loss. Nothing seems to be broken or not working, so how the H***
does one fix it?? Could this be a sneaky plot by Gateway to keep
everything but their proprietary junk off this 'puter?? I know, I
know, but I'm grasping at straws right now!

The seabat.....sitting in the corner giving before mentioned computer
the evil eye!
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The Seabat


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