brianashe
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I put Windows 7 (build 7000) onto a plain-vanilla Dell Dimension 4600. It seems to have found the NIC (evidently an Intel Pro/100 VE) just fine: Link Removed due to 404 Error
... but I'm not picking up an address from my equally-vanilla Linksys router. With the cable unplugged the network window looks like this: Link Removed due to 404 Error
... and as soon as I plug in a cable it starts doing stuff: Link Removed due to 404 Error
... further confirming my belief that the NIC is working and Windows 7 can see it just fine. But then it doesn't pick up an address. Link Removed due to 404 Error
'ipconfig' in a CMD window confirms that it's using a self-assigned (169.x.y.z) address. This machine was online 2 hours ago with XP, so the NIC, cable, and router are all fine.
Any ideas?
... but I'm not picking up an address from my equally-vanilla Linksys router. With the cable unplugged the network window looks like this: Link Removed due to 404 Error
... and as soon as I plug in a cable it starts doing stuff: Link Removed due to 404 Error
... further confirming my belief that the NIC is working and Windows 7 can see it just fine. But then it doesn't pick up an address. Link Removed due to 404 Error
'ipconfig' in a CMD window confirms that it's using a self-assigned (169.x.y.z) address. This machine was online 2 hours ago with XP, so the NIC, cable, and router are all fine.
Any ideas?