Internet Problem, please help

MeatLoaf · 1 Jun 2007 at 09:40

Right,

My service was switched to talktalk a day or two ago and i couldnt use my voyager 2091 as it was locked to BT so i dusted off my old 205 wired modem/router.

Connected via ethernet and everything was fine until this morning.

Shut my PC off as normal before i went to bed. Came down this morning only to be greeted with Limited or No Conenctivity

Ive reset the modem several times and reset the PC several times also

Basically i cant gert ethernet to work in XP or Vista.

Its not my ISP as the 205 works perfect over USB, but this is no use for Vista.

Any ideas folks?

MeatLoaf · 1 Jun 2007 at 09:56

Well ive tried a different cable with no luck. im hesitant to reformat as it dosent seem to be windows problem as it does it in vista and XP

marc2003 · 1 Jun 2007 at 10:48

strange?

but you could have a go at unlocking your 2091?

http://corz.org/comms/hardware/router/other.bt.voyager.routers.php?page=all

MeatLoaf · 1 Jun 2007 at 10:54

Yeah i saw that.

Im not convinced its the router though as it works fine via USB.

To be honest im wondering if my ethernet port has decided to die on me

HomerJ · 1 Jun 2007 at 11:38

Have you tried using the 2091 to see if you then get a internal 192 address assigned as this will at least tell you if it is the 205 ehternet port dying or an issue with the network port or network settings on the machine. DO not worry about the 2091 being locked as you are wanting to just test if you get a proper ethernet connection to the router not actually connect on the broadband.

MeatLoaf · 1 Jun 2007 at 14:17

HomerJ said:
Have you tried using the 2091 to see if you then get a internal 192 address assigned as this will at least tell you if it is the 205 ehternet port dying or an issue with the network port or network settings on the machine. DO not worry about the 2091 being locked as you are wanting to just test if you get a proper ethernet connection to the router not actually connect on the broadband.

With ethernet i cant get into either router

MeatLoaf · 1 Jun 2007 at 19:06

Well ive reinstalled Windows and still comes up as limited connectivity :confused:

Worked fine yesterday

tolien · 1 Jun 2007 at 19:43

If it didn't work with a router you knew worked and you've tried a different cable, it sounds like the network card's buggered.

MeatLoaf · 1 Jun 2007 at 20:27

tolien said:
If it didn't work with a router you knew worked and you've tried a different cable, it sounds like the network card's buggered.

Its the built in one

So could it be RMA time for my mobo?

Phemo · 1 Jun 2007 at 20:41

MeatLoaf said:
Its the built in one

So could it be RMA time for my mobo?

Yeah, or just buy a PCI NIC for around a fiver. Depends how bothered you are by it.

tolien · 1 Jun 2007 at 21:20

You'd be better off trying Phemo's suggestion first to make sure it's the network card.

MeatLoaf · 1 Jun 2007 at 21:48

true enough. To be honest im happy enough to be using USB.

MeatLoaf · 2 Jun 2007 at 18:00

Well Ive put a PCI ethernet card in and it works fine with that.