I have a HP Pavilion 700 MHZ machine with WinME installed. I cannot access the network.
I have configured the NIC for TCP/IP only along with the NIC.
when I do a IPConfig /all I get the following:
IP 169.254.157.172
DHCP Server is: 255.255.255.255
Subnet Mask is 155.255.0.0
DHCP is Enabled.
The device manager shows the NIC is properly installed and there are no X's or ?'s.
But when I try IE all I get is "Page cannot be displayed"

I have reinstalled the OS twice. Tried to install Win98 on this machine - to no avail.

I have installed the NIC in my current machine and I am using it to access the network using
the same cable and of course NIC and the same Router. I cannot ping or use any of the Network
commands to get outside my machine.

Is there a good diagnostic to prove one of the controllers that has failed? My guess is the
Mother board is failing.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you,

Larry