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Paul Kent
I can't get my Win 2k machine to connect to the net.
I just installed a NetGear ethernet card and connected it
to a Netgear router. The router has been my means of
connecting my WinXP machine to the net for 6 months or so.
Now I'm trying to add the Win 2k machine.
I worked through this with Netgear tech support last night
and we confirmed that the card and LAN are working fine.
I can ping the router and I can ping my XP machine, and my
XP machine can ping the Win2k machine. But when I try to
ping past the router (yahoo.com, 4.2.2.2, or 4.2.2.1) I
get nothing. Also, when the Win2k is connected to the
LAN, the WinXP machine can't connect to the net.
The Netgear tech suggested that I need to install an
upgrade or patch to the Win2k machine, but since it's not
able to connect to the net, I can't figure out how to do
that. Although this machine (WinXP) does connect, I don't
know how to download any upgrades for a Win2k machine from
this XP machine.
Since the Win2k software is OEM, MS won't give me any info
about how to proceed. Does anyone have any answers out
there?
Thanx.
I just installed a NetGear ethernet card and connected it
to a Netgear router. The router has been my means of
connecting my WinXP machine to the net for 6 months or so.
Now I'm trying to add the Win 2k machine.
I worked through this with Netgear tech support last night
and we confirmed that the card and LAN are working fine.
I can ping the router and I can ping my XP machine, and my
XP machine can ping the Win2k machine. But when I try to
ping past the router (yahoo.com, 4.2.2.2, or 4.2.2.1) I
get nothing. Also, when the Win2k is connected to the
LAN, the WinXP machine can't connect to the net.
The Netgear tech suggested that I need to install an
upgrade or patch to the Win2k machine, but since it's not
able to connect to the net, I can't figure out how to do
that. Although this machine (WinXP) does connect, I don't
know how to download any upgrades for a Win2k machine from
this XP machine.
Since the Win2k software is OEM, MS won't give me any info
about how to proceed. Does anyone have any answers out
there?
Thanx.