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Make sure your computer has a DNS server to go to.  A way to check if it is
a DNS issue is to enter an IP address of a web site.  If your browser can
hit it, then you need a DNS server IP address for your TCP/IP properties for
your NIC.

Joe


"Claude Kalid" <nospamok@datatone.com> wrote in message
news:3AB4BD72.B8B1A5DA@datatone.com...
> My computer is giving me a _very_ hard time configuring a network card.
>
> I've tried 2 separate, brand new NIC's (in two separate PCI slots) - a
> 3Com and a Linksys 10/100. Both install just fine and look normal in
> Device Manager, *but don't render any TCP/IP traffic*. My ISP can ping
> me and it responds, but I can't seem to connect to the Internet.
>
> Both Speakeasy (my Broadband ISP) and Linksys have exhausted all
> practical
> troubleshoot efforts. The DSL modem works fine when connected to another
> computer, so I know its not that. The network IP, submask, gateway, etc.
> settings are all pretty straight forward and have been gone over many
> times.
>
> MY SYSTEM:
>
> Windows 98se
> AMD Athlon 1.2 ghz CPU (running at 133/33 * 9.5)
> Abit KT7A MB
> 256 MB PC-133 SDRAM
> ATI All-In-Wonder pro AGP video card
> Adaptec 19160 SCSI controller card
> SB Live sound card
> ADS USB-PCI 4-port card (Lucent chip)
>
> That's it for the PCI & AGP bus.
>
> Condidate cards are:
>
> 3Com 3SCOHO100-TX
> Linksys LINE100TX(4)
>
> Help greatly appreciated,
>
> CK