I have a problem - Is this possible?

[AmishSlayer]

I have an onboard network adapter on my motherboard like most new mobo's. My roomate recently got a new d-link router that has been running like crap. All of a sudden my internet stopped working...but my rommates' internet still works. I've made sure it's not the cat5's that are the culprit or the port that I jack into...but I still can't get online.

I think it's the ethernet adapter built into my mobo. I've even reformatted my computer (I had wanted to do so anyways), rolled back and uninstalled the drivers for the card...but it still claims it's working fine when I can't get online. I even have an IP from the router screen (when I look at it from my roomate's computer). I don't know what to do. I think it's the mobo built-in adapter because there was a green light back where I plugged the cat5 in that lit up...but now it won't light up.

I was thinking I'd just go get a cheap adapter from BestBuy tonight after work or something. Any help?

 

[bryanf445]

same thing happened to me, i suggest you go get a card

 

[Asus]

Test the cable first.

 

[DreamThrall]

aye, try using your cable on your roomie's computer... and if the cable is fine, go to the command prompt on your computer and type:

ipconfig /all

and post the results for us to see

 

[f|uke]

Does your PC register as having the IP assigned to it by the router?

Can you connect to your roommates computer through Network Neighborhood? (He would need to have something shared)

Have you tried resetting the router? (Unplugging it for at least 10 seconds)

I'd bet anything its the router.

 

[h4vvok]

Nah, sounds like the cord to me...

 

[AmishSlayer]

I had already tested my friend's laptop with the same cord along with a different cord in mine...and the cord in a different jack. No dice. I got a network card today and it works now....too bad this d-link router is messing up big time. We're getting 56k speeds on a cable connection.

EDIT: Wheee 5.6k/second... I hate this. I can't seem to get it to speed up. DAMN YOUS DI-624!

 

[DreamThrall]

too bad this d-link router is messing up big time. We're getting 56k speeds on a cable connection.

EDIT: Wheee 5.6k/second... I hate this. I can't seem to get it to speed up. DAMN YOUS DI-624!

That isn't necessarily your router's fault... what kind of connection is going into it? Have you tried the connection without the router?