The little light on my computer, a Dell Dimension 8300 about 5 years old, is orange. The network is working fine. Don ----- 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| > --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join the PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------