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BTBroagband and WinMe
I am finding very difficult to connect the
WinMe computer to BTBroadband. We have WinXP -Laptop connected to the BT via Wireless without and problem. The WinMe computer has TP-Link 10/100M Fast Ethernet Model no:TF3200 Adapter (802.3). I shall be very grateful for an advice as the BThub ver 2.o cannot get connected to the WinMe via cable. The TP-Link adapter is seems acceptable by the WinMe |
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BTBroagband and WinMe
A very *blonde* answer here, but I know for a fact that I cannot hook up my
WinME to my Rogers cable at all. That is according to the techs at my ISP. Guess it is too fast or summat. It is now a very large paperweight, but may double check it before chucking it down to the basement. Heather (and Mike or Noel should be able to sort this out) "AAH" wrote in message ... I am finding very difficult to connect the WinMe computer to BTBroadband. We have WinXP -Laptop connected to the BT via Wireless without and problem. The WinMe computer has TP-Link 10/100M Fast Ethernet Model no:TF3200 Adapter (802.3). I shall be very grateful for an advice as the BThub ver 2.o cannot get connected to the WinMe via cable. The TP-Link adapter is seems acceptable by the WinMe |
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BTBroagband and WinMe
Heather,
Apples, pears and oranges are very different fruits. You would have had zero problems connecting your Win Me box to Rogers cable if you were to have used a router or hub. Any problems you had would have been due to connecting the cable modem directly to your Win Me PC. -- Mike Heather wrote: A very *blonde* answer here, but I know for a fact that I cannot hook up my WinME to my Rogers cable at all. That is according to the techs at my ISP. Guess it is too fast or summat. It is now a very large paperweight, but may double check it before chucking it down to the basement. Heather (and Mike or Noel should be able to sort this out) |
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BTBroagband and WinMe
OK, thanks..........I think I was asking them if this machine was in the
shop, could I hook up WinME to the cable modem. But I now have the router on here sorta permanently, so I guess I could plug the old one into it. I believe I did that before. May just give that a shot. Cheers, from freezing cold Ontario. "Mike M" wrote in message ... Heather, Apples, pears and oranges are very different fruits. You would have had zero problems connecting your Win Me box to Rogers cable if you were to have used a router or hub. Any problems you had would have been due to connecting the cable modem directly to your Win Me PC. -- Mike Heather wrote: A very *blonde* answer here, but I know for a fact that I cannot hook up my WinME to my Rogers cable at all. That is according to the techs at my ISP. Guess it is too fast or summat. It is now a very large paperweight, but may double check it before chucking it down to the basement. Heather (and Mike or Noel should be able to sort this out) |
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BTBroagband and WinMe
AAH,
There is absolutely no reason why a PC running Win Me shouldn't be able to connect to a BT Homehub using a wired connection. The hub (or rather switch) has little interest in the operating system in use on the attached devices, all it requires is that the devices can communicate using the TCP/IP protocol. What does Win Me's Device Manager have to say about your TF3200? Does it show as being installed and working or is it yellow banged (!) or show some other error? As you say, the TF3200 is Win Me compatible and should work. If the device manager shows that everything is OK do the following: From the Start | Run box enter WINIPCFG and click OK Does this show your network card in the drop down box at the top? What does this show as the IP address and Default Gateway for your network card? I think that by default the BT Homehub uses the 192.168.1.xxx range of addresses with the hub having the 192.168.1.254 address and would expect to see 192.158.1.254 as being the IP address for the Default Gateway and DHCP server. Click "More info " What IP addresses are listed for your DNS servers? Click the ... button to the right of the address to see the second address. What Node Type does it show? Are there any entries in the NetBIOS Scope Id, IP Routing Enabled, NetBios Resolution Uses DNS and WINS Proxy enabled boxes? If you click "Release All" and then "Renew All" do the IP addresses of the Adapter, Default Gateway and DHCP server change? If you log on to the homehub, does it have an option to see a list of connected devices and their IP addresses? If yes, is the Win Me PC listed? What is the IP address of your XP laptop when connected? -- Mike Maltby AAH wrote: I am finding very difficult to connect the WinMe computer to BTBroadband. We have WinXP -Laptop connected to the BT via Wireless without and problem. The WinMe computer has TP-Link 10/100M Fast Ethernet Model no:TF3200 Adapter (802.3). I shall be very grateful for an advice as the BThub ver 2.o cannot get connected to the WinMe via cable. The TP-Link adapter is seems acceptable by the WinMe |
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BTBroagband and WinMe
Mike
Thanks for the details. WinXP IP Add 192.168.1.64 SubMask 255.255.255.0 DGateway 192.168.1.254 DHCP Server 192.168.1.254 DNS Server 192.168.1.254 The TF3200 adapter software has provided clearly separate driver for WinMe and the setup at the end certify that " Found the Adapter and install/update successfully" and the device manager does not show any sign of error. The adapter standard is marked on the pack is 802.3 "Mike M" wrote in message ... AAH, There is absolutely no reason why a PC running Win Me shouldn't be able to connect to a BT Homehub using a wired connection. The hub (or rather switch) has little interest in the operating system in use on the attached devices, all it requires is that the devices can communicate using the TCP/IP protocol. What does Win Me's Device Manager have to say about your TF3200? Does it show as being installed and working or is it yellow banged (!) or show some other error? As you say, the TF3200 is Win Me compatible and should work. If the device manager shows that everything is OK do the following: From the Start | Run box enter WINIPCFG and click OK Does this show your network card in the drop down box at the top? What does this show as the IP address and Default Gateway for your network card? I think that by default the BT Homehub uses the 192.168.1.xxx range of addresses with the hub having the 192.168.1.254 address and would expect to see 192.158.1.254 as being the IP address for the Default Gateway and DHCP server. Click "More info " What IP addresses are listed for your DNS servers? Click the ... button to the right of the address to see the second address. What Node Type does it show? Are there any entries in the NetBIOS Scope Id, IP Routing Enabled, NetBios Resolution Uses DNS and WINS Proxy enabled boxes? If you click "Release All" and then "Renew All" do the IP addresses of the Adapter, Default Gateway and DHCP server change? If you log on to the homehub, does it have an option to see a list of connected devices and their IP addresses? If yes, is the Win Me PC listed? What is the IP address of your XP laptop when connected? -- Mike Maltby AAH wrote: I am finding very difficult to connect the WinMe computer to BTBroadband. We have WinXP -Laptop connected to the BT via Wireless without and problem. The WinMe computer has TP-Link 10/100M Fast Ethernet Model no:TF3200 Adapter (802.3). I shall be very grateful for an advice as the BThub ver 2.o cannot get connected to the WinMe via cable. The TP-Link adapter is seems acceptable by the WinMe |
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BTBroagband and WinMe
Ah yes - a typical BT setup (they are the only ones that seem to set up the
router as being x.x.x.254) It certainly looks as if you should be connected, from that. What happens if you open IE, and type 192.168.1.254 into the address bar? you should get the router's admin page - and/or maybe a password request. If that's OK - then try opening a DOS window, and typing PING GOOGLE.COM what response do you get? Are the Win ME and XP machines in the same Workgroup? (System Properties/Computer Name.....) -- Noel Paton CrashFixPC Nil Carborundum Illegitemi www.crashfixpc.co.uk "AAH" wrote in message ... Mike Thanks for the details. WinXP IP Add 192.168.1.64 SubMask 255.255.255.0 DGateway 192.168.1.254 DHCP Server 192.168.1.254 DNS Server 192.168.1.254 The TF3200 adapter software has provided clearly separate driver for WinMe and the setup at the end certify that " Found the Adapter and install/update successfully" and the device manager does not show any sign of error. The adapter standard is marked on the pack is 802.3 "Mike M" wrote in message ... AAH, There is absolutely no reason why a PC running Win Me shouldn't be able to connect to a BT Homehub using a wired connection. The hub (or rather switch) has little interest in the operating system in use on the attached devices, all it requires is that the devices can communicate using the TCP/IP protocol. What does Win Me's Device Manager have to say about your TF3200? Does it show as being installed and working or is it yellow banged (!) or show some other error? As you say, the TF3200 is Win Me compatible and should work. If the device manager shows that everything is OK do the following: From the Start | Run box enter WINIPCFG and click OK Does this show your network card in the drop down box at the top? What does this show as the IP address and Default Gateway for your network card? I think that by default the BT Homehub uses the 192.168.1.xxx range of addresses with the hub having the 192.168.1.254 address and would expect to see 192.158.1.254 as being the IP address for the Default Gateway and DHCP server. Click "More info " What IP addresses are listed for your DNS servers? Click the ... button to the right of the address to see the second address. What Node Type does it show? Are there any entries in the NetBIOS Scope Id, IP Routing Enabled, NetBios Resolution Uses DNS and WINS Proxy enabled boxes? If you click "Release All" and then "Renew All" do the IP addresses of the Adapter, Default Gateway and DHCP server change? If you log on to the homehub, does it have an option to see a list of connected devices and their IP addresses? If yes, is the Win Me PC listed? What is the IP address of your XP laptop when connected? -- Mike Maltby AAH wrote: I am finding very difficult to connect the WinMe computer to BTBroadband. We have WinXP -Laptop connected to the BT via Wireless without and problem. The WinMe computer has TP-Link 10/100M Fast Ethernet Model no:TF3200 Adapter (802.3). I shall be very grateful for an advice as the BThub ver 2.o cannot get connected to the WinMe via cable. The TP-Link adapter is seems acceptable by the WinMe |
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BTBroagband and WinMe
AAH,
Those numbers show that you are connected to the router so please can you explain what problems you are seeing. If you weren't connected you would not have had a 192.168.1.xxx address allocated to the NIC nor would you have any of the Gateway, DHCP or DNS boxes populated. -- Mike AAH wrote: Mike Thanks for the details. WinXP IP Add 192.168.1.64 SubMask 255.255.255.0 DGateway 192.168.1.254 DHCP Server 192.168.1.254 DNS Server 192.168.1.254 The TF3200 adapter software has provided clearly separate driver for WinMe and the setup at the end certify that " Found the Adapter and install/update successfully" and the device manager does not show any sign of error. The adapter standard is marked on the pack is 802.3 |
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BTBroagband and WinMe
Mike
These number are from WinXP on the Laptop computer NOT from the WinMe desktop computer. "Mike M" wrote in message ... AAH, Those numbers show that you are connected to the router so please can you explain what problems you are seeing. If you weren't connected you would not have had a 192.168.1.xxx address allocated to the NIC nor would you have any of the Gateway, DHCP or DNS boxes populated. -- Mike AAH wrote: Mike Thanks for the details. WinXP IP Add 192.168.1.64 SubMask 255.255.255.0 DGateway 192.168.1.254 DHCP Server 192.168.1.254 DNS Server 192.168.1.254 The TF3200 adapter software has provided clearly separate driver for WinMe and the setup at the end certify that " Found the Adapter and install/update successfully" and the device manager does not show any sign of error. The adapter standard is marked on the pack is 802.3 |
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BTBroagband and WinMe
Fine, but that wasn't my question. I asked you what you saw on the Win Me
PC. I'm not interested (for now) in the laptop running XP. So again, could you please tell me the result of running winipcfg on your PC running Win Me since that is the machine having problems. -- Mike Maltby AAH wrote: Mike These number are from WinXP on the Laptop computer NOT from the WinMe desktop computer. |
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