Network Card repairs?

r*oc

I have recently subscribed to broadband from imagine, using their "Ripwave" modem.
I have had a lot of internet access problems from the start & was consistantly in touch with their tech support who tried various fixes, all of which failed. I even had a replacement modem send out but this was not the problem.
I have deleted firewalls, anti-virus software etc etc to rule out any conflicts & then reinstalled.
I have since figured out that if i disconnect the ethernet cable between modem & pc & reconnect, i can then get access to internet.
I have been informed by me broadband service provider that my laptop (fujitsu) network card must be in need of repair as it would seem its not accepting new ip addresses.
How can i get this repaired & is it costly?
Is their an on-line tool that can fix this? Any advice appreciated.

monkeypants

Start with something simple first; have you changed the ethernet cable?

Is the laptop in warranty at all?

What type of card is it (see Device Manager for details)?

danjo-xx

When I first got Ripwave it kept going down regularly for sometimes up to 3hrs at a time. Got the tech support and all the pinging etc and everything fine. The one thing they NEVER said to me was, when this happens, is to RE-BOOT. It doesn't happen that often now but re-booting worked wonders for me.


Have found it very reliable apart from the above problem.

monkeypants

danjo-xx wrote: »

The one thing they NEVER said to me was, when this happens, is to RE-BOOT.

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You have to reboot! It's like the golden rule of...everything!

When the behaviour doesn't make sense, reboot.

gamer

You can buy a usb to ethernet cable 32e maplins,20euros peats .You can then
disable the onboard network card in device manager.
I went to peats ten days ago and it was out of stock.see here
http://www.peats.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=usb+ethernet&search=Search

ED E

r*oc wrote: »

I have recently subscribed to broadband from imagine, using their "Ripwave" modem.
I have had a lot of internet access problems from the start & was consistantly in touch with their tech support who tried various fixes, all of which failed. I even had a replacement modem send out but this was not the problem.
I have deleted firewalls, anti-virus software etc etc to rule out any conflicts & then reinstalled.
I have since figured out that if i disconnect the ethernet cable between modem & pc & reconnect, i can then get access to internet.
I have been informed by me broadband service provider that my laptop (fujitsu) network card must be in need of repair as it would seem its not accepting new ip addresses.
How can i get this repaired & is it costly?
Is their an on-line tool that can fix this? Any advice appreciated.

I've had problems with Vista locking my network IP address and giving me persistant networking trouble(only on wired, wireless is fine bar the shoddy signal through several walls). Next time it drops try right clicking the networking icon and hitting diagnose and repair, if that generates a refresh IP option do that, may solve your issues. Its gonna create a new session as rebooting does, should work in theory.

gamer

OR try this renew ip adress http://compnetworking.about.com/cs/windowsnetworkin1/ht/renewipaddrwxp.htm,cos
when you reboot winxp is forced to find a new ip adress anyway as the isp allocates ips to whoever
logs on next.

Kintarō Hattori

gamer wrote: »

You can buy a usb to ethernet cable 32e maplins,20euros peats .You can then
disable the onboard network card in device manager.
I went to peats ten days ago and it was out of stock.see here
http://www.peats.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=usb+ethernet&search=Search

They are back in stock as of yesterday.

BaconZombie

OP, I'm half sleep deprived so I'm going to helpfull.

Open notepad and copy/paste the following into a new document.

ECHO OFF
CLS

ECHO. LUSER Note You Current Assigned IP Below.
IPCONFIG

ECHO. Clearing ARP Cache
ARP -D *
ECHO.

ECHO. Releasing all DHCP Assigned Info
IPCONFIG /RELEASE > NUL

REM Ping is to add a wait.
ping 127.0.0.1 > NUL

ECHO. Flushing All Cached DNS Entries.
IPCONFIG /FLUSHDNS > NUL

ECHO. Clearing ARP Cache
ARP -D *

REM Ping is to add a wait.
ping 127.0.0.1 > NUL

IPCONFIG /RENEW > NUL

REM Ping is to add a wait.
ping 127.0.0.1 > NUL

CLS
ECHO.
ECHO. LUSER Comfirm Your Assigned IP Below Has Been Updated If Not Then " PEBKAC ".
IPCONFIG 

PAUSE

Now click File -> Save As,

Select Your Desktop and enter the file name as " IPRefresh.bat " and make sure you select "All File Types" under "File Type".

Now all you have to do is double click the new icon on your desktop and get back to trolling Boards.

r*oc

Tanx guys, all your help & advice is appreciated. I have copied that file onto notepad & desktop, tried it out & it worked.
Super stuff, tanx again.

ronkmonster

did you try setting a static local ip address?