Network bindings to TCP/IP dissappeared

This is a duplicate post because I am trying to find the correct place that
some one will be able to help fix my system.

After several minutes of browsing I get page not found or DNS error and can
no longer brows. If I reconnect my old smaller drive in place of the newer
drive everything works fine. Comparing the Network settings between both
drives I find that the problem one has no bindings listed in the binding
window for the 3 Com or the dial up adapters. The one that works has
TCP/IP - Dial Up Adapter with the box checked on Dial up Adapter and Dial Up
Adapter 2 (VPN). The 3 Com has in the binding window TCP/IP 3 Com Fast
EtherLink XL 10/100 Mb TX ... I assume this is what is causing the problem.

If so what do I need to do to get these bindings back?

I am running Win98SE on an old Dell GX-1 in Arizona with COX Cable. They
will not give any assistance to Win 98 users.

I would appreciate any help someone can give.

Is there a better place to post this?

Bill

You're description doesn't add up. The system that works appears to be
using a dial-up adapter to connect to the 'net. The other system doesn't
have dial-up adapter installed, yet you say that you can browse for a few
minutes.

We would need to know how you connect to the net - network card through a
modem/router or modem/switch to broadband, or dial-up adapter through PSTN
modem to the phone line?

TCP/IP needs to be bound to the device that connect you to the 'net, but it
might also be bound to other devices as well). To bid it to multiple
devices, just add it again.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Bill Snow" wrote in message
...
This is a duplicate post because I am trying to find the correct place
that
some one will be able to help fix my system.

After several minutes of browsing I get page not found or DNS error and
can
no longer brows. If I reconnect my old smaller drive in place of the newer
drive everything works fine. Comparing the Network settings between both
drives I find that the problem one has no bindings listed in the binding
window for the 3 Com or the dial up adapters. The one that works has
TCP/IP - Dial Up Adapter with the box checked on Dial up Adapter and Dial
Up
Adapter 2 (VPN). The 3 Com has in the binding window TCP/IP 3 Com Fast
EtherLink XL 10/100 Mb TX ... I assume this is what is causing the
problem.

If so what do I need to do to get these bindings back?

I am running Win98SE on an old Dell GX-1 in Arizona with COX Cable. They
will not give any assistance to Win 98 users.

I would appreciate any help someone can give.

Is there a better place to post this?

Bill

Thanks Jeff for responding. I will try to explain more clearly.

I won't repeat my original info which is at the end of this message so if
you reread that then read the following attempt to clarify maybe it will
make more sense.

I have only one computer (DELL GX1). I have 2 hard drives. The original and
a new one installed several years ago. Only one drive is installed at a
time. Using this newer larger drive I started getting can't display page or
DNS errors using Internet Explorer. Also Outlet Express would get server
unexpectedly terminated type errors. At first this happen several hours
after booting up. Slowly over about a week the time IE worked got shorter
and shorter down to just a minute or two. However OE continued to work after
IE quit. Eventually that even stopped until now none of this work.
Interestingly things like Dimension 4 can request a time signal from the
Bureau of Standards and correct the time on my computer. Also pings show no
lost packets or retries and very fast time. Does this indicate the trouble
is probably not with the NIC or driver?

Now I removed this drive and reinstalled the original drive. (This drive's
image was copied to the new drive so all drivers and software were the same
at that time) This original drive though lacking new programs and files
works fine. The two systems ( same computer, different bootable hard drive)
should be the same as far as connecting to the net. The difference is in
what displays in Network settings for Dial Up Adapter, Dial Up Adapter #2
(VPN) etc. In each the Binding window should show a checked box and what it
is bound to, ie, TCP/IP, 3 Com etc as appropriate. Using the original drive
this is the case. Using the newer drive the windows are completely blank.
The question is why and how do I get the appropriate bindings to display so
that I can check the box?

My connection to the net is through the NIC 3 Com to a cable modem (Motorola
Surfboard) on Cox cable.

Hope this clarifies the issue and thanks again for your help.

Bill.





"Jeff Richards" wrote in message
...
You're description doesn't add up. The system that works appears to be
using a dial-up adapter to connect to the 'net. The other system doesn't
have dial-up adapter installed, yet you say that you can browse for a few
minutes.

We would need to know how you connect to the net - network card through a
modem/router or modem/switch to broadband, or dial-up adapter through PSTN
modem to the phone line?

TCP/IP needs to be bound to the device that connect you to the 'net, but
it
might also be bound to other devices as well). To bid it to multiple
devices, just add it again.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Bill Snow" wrote in message
...
This is a duplicate post because I am trying to find the correct place
that
some one will be able to help fix my system.

After several minutes of browsing I get page not found or DNS error and
can
no longer brows. If I reconnect my old smaller drive in place of the
newer
drive everything works fine. Comparing the Network settings between both
drives I find that the problem one has no bindings listed in the binding
window for the 3 Com or the dial up adapters. The one that works has
TCP/IP - Dial Up Adapter with the box checked on Dial up Adapter and
Dial
Up
Adapter 2 (VPN). The 3 Com has in the binding window TCP/IP 3 Com Fast
EtherLink XL 10/100 Mb TX ... I assume this is what is causing the
problem.

If so what do I need to do to get these bindings back?

I am running Win98SE on an old Dell GX-1 in Arizona with COX Cable. They
will not give any assistance to Win 98 users.

I would appreciate any help someone can give.

Is there a better place to post this?

Bill

There are two reasons your description doesn't add up.

Firstly, you say that your internet connection is through the NIC to a cable
modem. In that case, dial up connection is not relevant and I don't
understand why it's there. The binding of TCP/IP to the NIC is providing
your connection.

But more importantly, you mention that the larger drive was working or works
sometimes, but that it has no binding of TCP/IP listed at all. In that
case, I don't understand how it could ever work, or how OE could connect.
Is your home page really on the 'net (not a local page) and what happens
when you try to refresh the home page with the newer drive?

As mentioned, you need to add TCP/IP and it will bind to the available
devices. So if the NIC is correctly installed for the larger drive, then
add the TCP/IP protocol for the NIC. That will make the two systems the
same (except for the dial up adapter which, as mentioned, seems to be
irrelevant) and you should be in business. If you add a different protocol,
does that appear in the window?

Or, perhaps the binding really does exist and the problem is that the window
isn't showing it. In that case, I think there are really two separate
problems, associated only by the fact that until you get the display working
it's going to be difficult to sort out the connection problem. However, your
IP Config program should reveal enough about your connection to indicate
what's actually happening. Usually, the remedy is to uninstall all
networking components and start over.

Check that you are pinging an internet address and not a local address If
OE continues to operate while you can no longer connect to sites, that
suggests a IP configuration problem, such as the server addresses. What I
usually do in this case is to ring support and pretend that I'm using an XP
system and get them to go through the configuration steps. The information
is the same - it's only the way of entering it that differs.

I find this useful
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/
especially
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/art...uble/nt9598me/
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Bill Snow" wrote in message
news
Thanks Jeff for responding. I will try to explain more clearly.

I won't repeat my original info which is at the end of this message so if
you reread that then read the following attempt to clarify maybe it will
make more sense.

I have only one computer (DELL GX1). I have 2 hard drives. The original
and
a new one installed several years ago. Only one drive is installed at a
time. Using this newer larger drive I started getting can't display page
or
DNS errors using Internet Explorer. Also Outlet Express would get server
unexpectedly terminated type errors. At first this happen several hours
after booting up. Slowly over about a week the time IE worked got shorter
and shorter down to just a minute or two. However OE continued to work
after
IE quit. Eventually that even stopped until now none of this work.
Interestingly things like Dimension 4 can request a time signal from the
Bureau of Standards and correct the time on my computer. Also pings show
no
lost packets or retries and very fast time. Does this indicate the trouble
is probably not with the NIC or driver?

Now I removed this drive and reinstalled the original drive. (This drive's
image was copied to the new drive so all drivers and software were the
same
at that time) This original drive though lacking new programs and files
works fine. The two systems ( same computer, different bootable hard
drive)
should be the same as far as connecting to the net. The difference is in
what displays in Network settings for Dial Up Adapter, Dial Up Adapter #2
(VPN) etc. In each the Binding window should show a checked box and what
it
is bound to, ie, TCP/IP, 3 Com etc as appropriate. Using the original
drive
this is the case. Using the newer drive the windows are completely blank.
The question is why and how do I get the appropriate bindings to display
so
that I can check the box?

My connection to the net is through the NIC 3 Com to a cable modem
(Motorola
Surfboard) on Cox cable.

Hope this clarifies the issue and thanks again for your help.

Bill.





"Jeff Richards" wrote in message
...
You're description doesn't add up. The system that works appears to be
using a dial-up adapter to connect to the 'net. The other system doesn't
have dial-up adapter installed, yet you say that you can browse for a few
minutes.

We would need to know how you connect to the net - network card through a
modem/router or modem/switch to broadband, or dial-up adapter through
PSTN
modem to the phone line?

TCP/IP needs to be bound to the device that connect you to the 'net, but
it
might also be bound to other devices as well). To bid it to multiple
devices, just add it again.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Bill Snow" wrote in message
...
This is a duplicate post because I am trying to find the correct place
that
some one will be able to help fix my system.

After several minutes of browsing I get page not found or DNS error and
can
no longer brows. If I reconnect my old smaller drive in place of the
newer
drive everything works fine. Comparing the Network settings between
both
drives I find that the problem one has no bindings listed in the
binding
window for the 3 Com or the dial up adapters. The one that works has
TCP/IP - Dial Up Adapter with the box checked on Dial up Adapter and
Dial
Up
Adapter 2 (VPN). The 3 Com has in the binding window TCP/IP 3 Com Fast
EtherLink XL 10/100 Mb TX ... I assume this is what is causing the
problem.

If so what do I need to do to get these bindings back?

I am running Win98SE on an old Dell GX-1 in Arizona with COX Cable.
They
will not give any assistance to Win 98 users.

I would appreciate any help someone can give.

Is there a better place to post this?

Bill