Have just done a full restore on an Inspiron 1100 laptop. Running XP Home and have taken it up to SP3. All drivers loaded from Dell. No red Xs or ? in device manager. Trying to connect to router via ethernet cable.....shows trying to acquire address and then shows as unconnected. My PC connects via same cable without any fuss.
Have tried to ping my router - no luck. Ipconfig /all sheds no light.
Have spent over 4 hours on this and have probably overlooked 1 small point - can anyone suggest what to do next (can't stamp on it - as it isn't mine!)
Have tried to ping my router - no luck. Ipconfig /all sheds no light.
Have spent over 4 hours on this and have probably overlooked 1 small point - can anyone suggest what to do next (can't stamp on it - as it isn't mine!)