[Ben Kent]

Hi,

I am having a strange networking problem. I am using powerline AV (TP-Link TLPA211) to connect an old xp machine in a room that doesn't get my wireless signal. The powerline network seems to work as I have connected other computers and it is working just fine.

The problem I am having is that I can connect to the router (D-Link DIR 655); I can ping it, reach it's config page and also ping all the other devices on my network. I just cannot access the internet.

I don't think it is a dns issue as I cannot access the internet using IP addresses or ping any external IP addresses. I have checked for IP conflicts and tried both DHCP and a static IP. The router accepts the machine into the network just fine, but something is preventing access to the outside world.

I have tried turning off the windows firewall to no avail also.

I tried plugging in a USB wireless card and can connect to the internet via wi-fi through the same router with no problems (it's not an ethernet problem with the router as I have other computers connecting through the ethernet ports just fine.

I have checked all the proxy settings and dns settings on the xp machine and there is nothing unusual there.

I can't think of anything else to try, could it be a bad nic?

Any ideas?

Thanks for your help.

Here is the contents of ipconfig /all:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
© Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Ben>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : EASTWING
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : hsd1.mn.comcast.net.

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.mn.comcast.net.
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Eth
ernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-D8-01-5D-49
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.108
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, December 12, 2011 12:52:46 P
M
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, December 19, 2011 12:52:46 P
M

C:\Documents and Settings\Ben>

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Upon further inspection I found that when I ping, it resolves an IP address and then times out. I have also fount that whilst I can ping from this computer to the other devices on my network, I cannot ping to this computer. The requests just time out.

I also tried to connect from this computer using Ubuntu on another partition and I cannot connect that way either.

Edited by Ben Kent, 12 December 2011 - 05:14 PM.

[Ben Kent]

Upon further inspection I found that when I ping, it resolves an IP address and then times out. I have also fount that whilst I can ping from this computer to the other devices on my network, I cannot ping to this computer. The requests just time out.

I also tried to connect from this computer using Ubuntu on another partition and I cannot connect that way either.

Edited by Ben Kent, 12 December 2011 - 05:14 PM.

[Ben Kent]

I did a clean install of Windows and am still having the same problem. I therefore conclude that my nic is bad. I have ordered a new nic, and will see what happens.

[Ben Kent]

Yep, so it turns out it was the NIC. I bought a new one and the connection is working just fine now.

Thanks for your help,

Ben