-=PCTechTalk=- Re: XPS 400

Troth,
    A more specific description of the ethernet light.

"orange light - A good connection exists between a 100-Mbps network and the 
computer."

    The problem is likely not the driver since that would affect the 
system's light control.  That pretty much leaves the network settings within 
the system.  Triple check firewall settings and any other security apps. 
Have a peek at the HOSTS file to make sure nothing was added that would 
cause a terminal loopback.

    If all else fails, consider rebuilding the network settings from scratch 
by copying them from a working system.

Peace,
Gman

"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "~OoO~" <SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 11:55 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: XPS 400


> Another client... can't get the computer to connect online. Internet comes
> in from the wall to the modem, and from the modem to a router and switch.
> Router and switch connects all hundred or so computers online. This one
> computer, however, refuses to go online. I've pretty much tried everything 
> I
> can think of, short of formatting, which I dread doing on a company
> computer, cause we have to make sure the client has EVERYTHING backed up.
>
> The Ethernet going from the router to the computer... it connects to the
> back of the computer (onboard LAN). You know the little "networking" light
> you see on the network cards that show there's a connection to the PC? 
> Well,
> on this computer, the light looks orange, as opposed to what I'm used to
> seeing... yellow. So, was wondering if the XPS specifically shows "orange"
> instead of "yellow". I'm being cautious with disconnecting the router and
> modem (say, for example, to try a direct connection to the computer) 
> because
> this is a large financial company, and doing so would take the entire 
> office
> offline. God help us if I suddenly can't get the whole network back up. 
> I'm
> not insured/bonded for such disasters!
> :o|
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ~ SirTroth 

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