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Talk about the blind leading the blind

IT IS ALL WORKING - via my set top box

I THINK I did what you guys have called a DNS flush (sounds painful).

What I actually did was

Start
Run
type winipcfg

then

a. I selected the Davicom9102/A fast ethernet adapter from the drop down box

b. Selected "release"

c. Selected "renew"

Then when I tried the internet - it worked

So, who is a happy bunny then ?

let us hope tomorrow a repeat of that when the machine is connected in dad's house will be equally successful

Thanks for your help folks

Sweet, glad you sorted it; im always using the DNS Flush utility for getting around TTL times when changing servers etc!

One of the best tools Microsoft made!

You shouldn't need any server settings for a LAN connection, especially if you have had it working before.


In Internet explorer go to Tools. Internet Options, Connections, LAN Settings, then make sure the box is ticked where it says Automatically Detect Settings.

That's all the settings you need for Virgin broadband.

If you get your broadband through a TV box, it will have been done through the provisioning procedure, so the original PC should still work, but any other PC's on the system will need to be set up using your NTL username and 10 figure PID number.

If it is through a modem, once set up, it should work on any PC


Does your dad's PC have a seperate LAN card? If so,it may be a driver problem with the LAN card. Check control Panel/Add/Remove Hardware/Device manager and check that the LAN card doesn't have any questionmarks or error flags on it.

Unfortunately Win98 is no longer supported by Microsoft so you cannot get security updates or any new versions of Internet Explorer.

You could probably get a reasonable second hand PC with XP on it for less than £200 nowadays

It doesnt half get annoying when people don't bother to read the threads before posting a response...