No TCP/IP protocol available

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Sept. 2001 - bought two new compaq's with ME; came with XP upgrade certificates.
"upgraded" to XP a while later; a few glitches, but somehow we made it work.
Three days ago, we did something to the system configuration that doesn't allow the browser to connect to TCP/IP. We don't know what, but the machine is dead in the water. HP suggests I go down and buy a retail version of XP hoping that will fix the problem.

Suggestions on what we have done wrong or how to fix it? We show a LAN connection that knows when it gets disconnected from the Linksys router. thanks.
 
Dusty;
Start/All Programs/Accessories/Communications/Network Connections
Right click your connection/Properties/General tab
Is TCP/IP shown?
Is it checked?

Start/All Programs/Accessories/Communications/Network Connections
Right click your connection/Status
???

Start/All Programs/Accessories/Communications/Network Connections
Right click your connection/Repair
 
TCP/IP is checked. Status says it is running. That is the LAN Connection. It seems to me when we first "Upgraded" that the LAN Connection really didn't do anything. Hmmmm.

When I try repair I get a message that says: The following steps of the repair operation failed: Renewing the IP address

Please contact your network administrator or ISP
 
Dusty;
My LAN Connection fails to renew the IP lease quite often. I have no idea
why. It renews eventually. Are you using DHCP?

You are connected to a Linksys router, right?

Start/All Programs/Accessories/Communications/Network Connections
Right click your connection/Properties
Highlight TCP/IP
Properties button
General tab
Is "Obtain an IP address automatically"
or "Use the following IP address:"
checked?

[The incoming connections computer assigns IP addresses to the remote computers
that connect to it. The IP address is assigned in one of two ways:
They are automatically allocated by DHCP.
They are assigned based on a range of addresses that is defined in the TCP/IP
properties for the incoming connection.]

What do the router instructions say about the IP address?

What happens when you:
Start | Run | Type: cmd | OK
Type or Copy & Paste: ping 127.0.0.1 | hit Enter


Go to Help & Support and Search for:
TCP/IP
Lots of info there.
 
Here is what I get

pinting with 32 bytes of data
packets sent =
received =
Lost =
round trip - 0ms for min, max, avg

i don't get it
 
Obtain an IP address automatically is marked. If I go to Advanced, DHCP is apparently enabled.

DNS says Append primary adn connection specific DNS suffixes
Append parent suffixes is checked

DNS suffic for this connection is v27096.ecpm.com


MNS Enable LMHOSTS is checked as is Default: Use NetBIOS setting from DHCP ....

TCP/IP filtering is mentioned in options...
 
Dusty;
Here's what mine shows:
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C:\Documents and Settings\WESLEY P. VOGEL>ping 127.0.0.1

Pinging 127.0.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 127.0.0.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
 
Dusty;
I have no router. The only difference I can see from yours to mine is:
LAN Connection | Properties | General | Advanced button | DNS tab
DNS suffix for this connection:
[Provides a space for you to specify a DNS suffix for this connection. If a DHCP
server configures this connection and you do not specify a DNS suffix, a DNS
suffix for this connection is assigned to this connection by the appropriately
configured DHCP server. If you specify a DNS suffix, the DNS suffix assigned by
the DHCP server is ignored. The local setting is used only if the associated
Group Policy is disabled or unspecified.]
{I have the one below checked}
 Register this connection's addresses in DNS
[Specifies that the computer attempt dynamic registration of the IP addresses
(through DNS) of this connection with the full computer name of this computer,
as specified on the Computer Name tab (available in System in Control Panel).
The local setting is used only if the associated Group Policy is disabled or
unspecified.]
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I honestly don't know if the v27096.ecpm.com DNS suffix is assigned by the
router or what.
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Start | Run | type: cmd | OK
Type or Copy & Paste: ipconfig /all | hit Enter
What does this show?

This will renew all adapters:
Start | Run | type: cmd | OK
Type or Copy & Paste: ipconfig /renew | hit Enter

Now try this again:
Type or Copy & Paste: ipconfig /all | hit Enter
What does this show?
 
hmmmm... on the renew switch I receive

An errror occurred while renewing interface Local Area Connection: An operation was attmepted on something that is not a socket.
 
Dusty;
Looks like something is wrong with Winsock.

LSP-Fix = Repairs Winsock 2 settings, caused by buggy or improperly-removed
Internet software, that result in loss of Internet access.
[Running XP, or W2K? Removed some spyware such as that new.net bullshit that
SPAMS you? Perhaps you removed one of the various Anti-Virus, or Personal
Firewall programs that are such pieces of utter crap. Well, it's likely you got
the message "An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket" when
you tried ipconfig /renew in a DOS prompt.

This is due to these programs inserting themselves as a layer between you, the
application, and the internet -- you need to go to this page
(http://www.cexx.org/newnet.htm) and get the lsp-fix utility.
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm.
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If that doesn't work, have a look here:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...ed+on+something+that+is+not+a+socket.&spell=1
 
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