really basic question

I got the Virgin Broadband disc and modem delivered and installed, OK
registration setup didnt work but did that over the phone after doing
it via the virgin website failed as well. OK, so i'm sitting here,
hows it supposed to work? I see theres two high speed LAN symbols as
well as my dial ups in windows now. If I just open a brower and google
nothing happens, my email and news server must need new addresses or
something surely? I can go to virgins registration site by run
iexplore 80.5.178.26 so there a BB connection there, i'm sure i'm just
missing some simple piece of the jigsaw?
--
Mike Reid
updated Tenerife pics "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk/tenerifepics.htm"
Gran Canaria pics "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk/grancanaria.htm"

The Reid wrote:
> I got the Virgin Broadband disc and modem delivered and installed,
> OK registration setup didnt work but did that over the phone after
> doing it via the virgin website failed as well. OK, so i'm sitting
> here, hows it supposed to work? I see theres two high speed LAN
> symbols as well as my dial ups in windows now. If I just open a
> brower and google nothing happens, my email and news server must
> need new addresses or something surely? I can go to virgins
> registration site by run iexplore 80.5.178.26 so there a BB
> connection there, i'm sure i'm just missing some simple piece of
> the jigsaw?

DNS server maybe?

Should have been done when you set your network connection up...

Try 208.67.222.222

if you get no joy from Virgin

The Reid wrote:

> I got the Virgin Broadband

Cable or ADSL ?

Graham

On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 19:12:58 +0000, Eeyore
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>> I got the Virgin Broadband
>
>Cable or ADSL ?

cable
--
Mike Reid
updated Tenerife pics "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk/tenerifepics.htm"
Gran Canaria pics "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk/grancanaria.htm"

On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:06:19 +0000, The Reid <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>>Cable or ADSL ?
>
>cable

i see in network connections I have two things

a "1394 connection" and a "local area connection" both are connected
but repair on the 1394 results in "no TCP/IP" so I shall ring Virgin
and tell them that, I assume thats significant?
--
Mike Reid
updated Tenerife pics "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk/tenerifepics.htm"
Gran Canaria pics "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk/grancanaria.htm"

On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 14:03:50 +0000, The Reid <(E-Mail Removed)>
mused:

>On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:06:19 +0000, The Reid <(E-Mail Removed)>
>wrote:
>
>>>Cable or ADSL ?
>>
>>cable
>
>i see in network connections I have two things
>
>a "1394 connection" and a "local area connection" both are connected
>but repair on the 1394 results in "no TCP/IP" so I shall ring Virgin
>and tell them that, I assume thats significant?

No, that has no significance whatsoever. The 1394 connection is our
firewire port.
--
Regards,
Stuart.

The Reid wrote:

> On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:06:19 +0000, The Reid <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
> >>Cable or ADSL ?
> >
> >cable
>
> i see in network connections I have two things
>
> a "1394 connection" and a "local area connection" both are connected
> but repair on the 1394 results in "no TCP/IP" so I shall ring Virgin
> and tell them that, I assume thats significant?

IEEE1394 is Firewire IIRC. Do you have Firewire installed ? It plays no part in
your connection to Virign.

Graham

On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 14:03:50 +0000, in uk.telecom.broadband , The Reid
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:06:19 +0000, The Reid <(E-Mail Removed)>
>wrote:
>
>>>Cable or ADSL ?
>>
>>cable
>
>i see in network connections I have two things
>
>a "1394 connection" and a "local area connection" both are connected
>but repair on the 1394 results in "no TCP/IP" so I shall ring Virgin
>and tell them that, I assume thats significant?

1394 is a firewire connection, not remotely relevant.

I forget how your PC is connected to the modem - via USB or ethernet ?
--
Mark McIntyre

Do this:

Plug ethernet cable into modem and into PC.
Power lead out of modem, power lead back in.
Leave for 2 minutes.
Double click internet explorer.
Voila.

If no joy, check in Device Manager under network adapters (Control Panel ->
Switch to Classic View if u need to -> System -> Hardware -> Device Manager)
that your network card isn't disabled (has a red cross next to it). It is
usually Realtek, Intel or something.
Any problems, post here and I'll help out.


"The Reid" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:06:19 +0000, The Reid <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>>>Cable or ADSL ?
>>
>>cable
>
> i see in network connections I have two things
>
> a "1394 connection" and a "local area connection" both are connected
> but repair on the 1394 results in "no TCP/IP" so I shall ring Virgin
> and tell them that, I assume thats significant?
> --
> Mike Reid
> updated Tenerife pics "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk/tenerifepics.htm"
> Gran Canaria pics "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk/grancanaria.htm"

On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 14:36:25 +0000, Lurch <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>No, that has no significance whatsoever. The 1394 connection is our
>firewire port.

thanks, thats a prob eliminated.
--
Mike Reid
updated Tenerife pics "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk/tenerifepics.htm"
Gran Canaria pics "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk/grancanaria.htm"