Re: D-Link 604 - no default gateway

"Steve Winograd [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>. ..
> In article <154db01c41592$c4f956a0$(E-Mail Removed)>, "ping"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >I've read through some of the questions but cannot find
> >the answer. Recently had a Dlink 604 installed onto the
> >network to act as gateway for Internet & email (9 pc's 3
> >laptop's using win 98se) all is fine bar 2 pc's. They can
> >get onto network fine & receive mail but cannot browse
> >internet. Using winipcfg, they have been assigned ip
> >address & subnet mask but do not have default gateway. I
> >have looked on the careyholzman website but this does not
> >help me. Please can anyone help me with this - I't
> >driving me nuts !
> >
> >Thanks for any help
>
> Receiving mail and browsing the Internet both require a default
> gateway address, so I'm puzzled.
>
> When you run Winipcfg, be sure to select the Ethernet adapter from the
> drop-down menu, then click More Info. What does it show for IP
> address, subnet mask, and default gateway? If the addresses are in
> the 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x range, it's OK to post them in a news
> group message, because they're private addresses that aren't
> accessible by other Internet users.
>
> Another way to see the same information is by opening a command prompt
> window (Start | Run | Command) and typing "ipconfig /all". While
> you're there, type these commands and report the results:
>
> ping <default gateway address>
> ping google.com
> ping 216.239.37.99
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

What if winipcfg doesn't even recognize that there is an ethernet card
there?

The device manager says that the device is working properly, the drivers
are loaded in Network section. With my old dialup modem winipcfg gives
the "PPP" option only, nothing else in the drop down menu, when I remove
the modem (physically) then winipcfg gives me an error message only.
Same with ipconfig /all in a DOS session. I'm using Win98 (original),
another computer in the house using Win98 SE has no problem recognizing
an ethernet card.
Jack

In article <(E-Mail Removed) >,
(E-Mail Removed) (Jack Booker) wrote:
>What if winipcfg doesn't even recognize that there is an ethernet card
>there?
>
>The device manager says that the device is working properly, the drivers
>are loaded in Network section. With my old dialup modem winipcfg gives
>the "PPP" option only, nothing else in the drop down menu, when I remove
>the modem (physically) then winipcfg gives me an error message only.
>Same with ipconfig /all in a DOS session. I'm using Win98 (original),
>another computer in the house using Win98 SE has no problem recognizing
>an ethernet card.
>Jack

Something's wrong with the NIC or TCP/IP configuration. I'd go to
Device Manager, un-install the NIC, reboot, and let Win98 re-install
it. Make sure that you have a Win98 driver program for it. Make sure
that "TCP/IP->NIC" appears in the list of network components in
Control Panel | Network.
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"Steve Winograd [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>. ..
> In article <(E-Mail Removed) >,
> (E-Mail Removed) (Jack Booker) wrote:
> >What if winipcfg doesn't even recognize that there is an ethernet card
> >there?
> >
> >The device manager says that the device is working properly, the drivers
> >are loaded in Network section. With my old dialup modem winipcfg gives
> >the "PPP" option only, nothing else in the drop down menu, when I remove
> >the modem (physically) then winipcfg gives me an error message only.
> >Same with ipconfig /all in a DOS session. I'm using Win98 (original),
> >another computer in the house using Win98 SE has no problem recognizing
> >an ethernet card.
> >Jack
>
> Something's wrong with the NIC or TCP/IP configuration. I'd go to
> Device Manager, un-install the NIC, reboot, and let Win98 re-install
> it. Make sure that you have a Win98 driver program for it. Make sure
> that "TCP/IP->NIC" appears in the list of network components in
> Control Panel | Network.

That doesn't work. Microsoft knowledge base has a couple of pages for
this problem but their fixes don't work either. One involves a really
long series of file deletes and re-installs (number 181599) and
the other involves going into the registry (256986 - this one
is for the specific problem of winipcfg giving the "Fatal Error - Cannot
read IP configuration" message that I get). I went into the registry
and deleted the subkeys they suggested, for example
hkey_local_machine\system\currentcontrolset\servic es\vxd\afvxd
and several others, and when you reboot they come back. The strange
thing is, one of the subkeys you are supposed to delete was never
there in the first place and that is
hkey_local_machine\system\currentcontrolset\servic es\vxd\dhcp
and it seems to me that dhcp would be pretty important for an ethernet
card being connected to a router. The first computer on the router
has no problem, and has all of those subkeys including the dhcp
one in its registry. So I exported that dhcp subkey from the first
computer into mine, and it stays there if I reboot, but if I remove
it and reboot, it doesn't come back.

After that I followed the long series of deletes and reinstalls
suggested in 181599 but that did nothing either. Is it ok to
reinstall using sfc rather than the original disks?
Very frustrating - 18 hrs on this so far!
Jack