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Scott - 13 Jul 2007 17:40 GMT

Both my wireless and wired netowrk cards were working fine this morning until
I attempted to install an application. Virtual PC got hung and I forced a
shutdown and now none of the network cards work.
I tried uninstalling the network cards and letting windows (XP) reinstall
the software thinking that something got corrupt but to no avail.
Any ideas on what is causing the problem and more importantly, how to fix it?

thanks for your help.
Scott

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Paul Power - 13 Jul 2007 18:06 GMT

> Both my wireless and wired netowrk cards were working fine this morning until
> I attempted to install an application. Virtual PC got hung and I forced a
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> thanks for your help.
> Scott

Have you run any ping tests? What are the results?
When you run ipconfig, what IP address is it giving you?

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Scott - 13 Jul 2007 19:46 GMT

I get an address of 192.168.1.110 and it is 109 on the host machine so it
appears I am getting an IP address but I cannot open up any websites - I get
a page not found and the same page works just fine on the host machine.

As I am sure you can tell from the IP address, I have a router hooked up.

Thanks for your help.
Scott

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Paul Power - 13 Jul 2007 23:02 GMT

> I get an address of 192.168.1.110 and it is 109 on the host machine so it
> appears I am getting an IP address but I cannot open up any websites - I get
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Sounds like DNS. In Windows, go to the Control Panel and open up
Network Connections. Open the Local Area Connection and click on
'Properties' in the lower left corner. Next, Double click on Internet
Protocol TCP/IP. There will be a dot beside 'Assign a DNS server
address automatically'. Put the dot beside 'Use the following DNS
server addresses' Use 4.2.2.2 for the primary DNS server address and
leave the alternate blank (4.2.2.2 is the public DNS server at Yahoo)

That should do it.

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Scott - 14 Jul 2007 11:06 GMT

Hi Paul -

I tried what you suggested and it still does not work.

Do you have any other ideas?

Thanks again for your time.
Scott

> > I get an address of 192.168.1.110 and it is 109 on the host machine so it
> > appears I am getting an IP address but I cannot open up any websites - I get
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>
> That should do it.

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Richard Cardona - 14 Jul 2007 13:25 GMT

> I tried what you suggested and it still does not work.
>
> Do you have any other ideas?

If you don't need Virtual Switch networking, with the VM shutdown,
switch your VM to "Shared Networking" under Settings > Networking

In Windows, you should be using DHCP or "obtain address automatically"
in Local Area Connection > TCP/IP

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