re: Modem/Router working fine. XP won't recognise them
Thursday, August 7, 2008 at 2:03 pm
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Posted by George Cowley
(143 messages posted)
My thoughts had been on TCP/IP settings but they all appear to be present and correct.
In fact, every setting known to man is in the connection.
I found at one point it was telling me the TCP/IP wasn't present and another point
it said something else with another 3-letter acronym wasn't present. It didn't make
sense to me.
On Thursday, August 7, 2008 at 9:33 am, Spexx wrote:
>I think it probably has a lot to do with the TCP/IP settings on the ethernet controller
>in the PC, or indeed the Macbook which I know nothing about. They should be set
to
>obtain an IP address automatically (from the router) using DHCP. It is also just
>possible that you have the wrong type of ethernet cable, since they come in crossover
>and non-crossover types. I thought that some Macs could automatically detect the
>type of cable and compensate for that anyway, but I doubt that the ethernet controller
>in the PC could cope with the wrong cable. Hope this helps. Cheers. Spexx.
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