can anyone help me get XP working over ethernet?

hi, my XP install has never worked on my LAN, but the computer it's on works fine with Linux so all the hardware and cables are working. XP will also work if it uses a different modem which doesn't use ethernet.

so, can anyone show me how to get it working? or which settings should work? thanks.

 

Since Linux is able to connect and you don't mention that you had to set that up, I assume that you have a DHCP server on your lan.
Since Windows XP would automatically find that server, I suspect that you need to install the driver for your network card.

Go to System Properties (hold windows key and push pause key) and then to the hardware tab and device manager.
See if you find a yellow question mark.

 

i'll go and have a look now. thanks. didn't think about drivers

 

it said it was disabled. i enabled it now, i'll see if it works with a reboot.

 

the driver works now, but something is blocking access to the LAN, it's not connecting. i probably disabled loads of stuff along time ago.

does ethernet need any service running? or anything like that?

i have a DHCP server. or at least i've never assigned anything so i must have.

 

Here is a list with default settings for services, compare that with your system.

 

nothing works at all!! everytime i click on something it says the service isn't running, or it tries to load something with IE's settings so the page is blank.

i might try a reinstall, or probably a repair, because this install isn't really working, i installed about 60% of the programs on the E drive and i formatted that to make space for Linux. i mainly kept it because i have lots of music on it so i can just mount the XP partition from Linux.

 

Hello,
Is gateway a linux machine (suse)?
Then you should try the novell cool solutions I posted in my suse install article, on page 6. I used that setup, it worked for me 50%, once it did, one it did not. You need to setup dhcp server, you need configure the firewall etc.
Mrk