vm cable working fine on mac laptop but just plugged modem into win7 pc and no net...

snow patrol · 9 Jun 2010 at 15:45

hi all, i had my virgin 50 meg installed a month ago and have only been using it on my laptop. Just put together my pc rig, installed win 7 and plugged the modem into the pc via ethernet but i'm getting no connection. It tries, but settles on 'unidentified network' with no internet access. I've tried both ethernet ports on the pc. It's an abit ip35 pro motherboard. Am i missing something glaringly obvious?

snow patrol · 9 Jun 2010 at 16:00

enabled network discovery and rebooted but no luck...

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
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C:\Users\Row>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::10dc:e2b6:9b92:8c8e%11
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.140.142
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Tunnel adapter isatap.{B08696AC-D3F7-4094-BF0F-F1A53710B5A1}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Tunnel adapter isatap.{569B4AFC-B68A-4107-A0C1-9B75AB039763}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

snow patrol · 9 Jun 2010 at 16:27

thanks, that did the trick. I didn't realise i had to reboot the modem when switching between different computers.

they didn't send me a router cos of the volcano. i've been chasing them up and today i was told 'about a week' which is lovely and vague! gRRRR!!

snow patrol · 9 Jun 2010 at 23:40

but if i use the router, once it gets here...i'll be ok, right? I mean i can run a cable to my pc and to my xbox and get wireless on my mac?