New Ethernet Card, but no Internet

[vaporfox99]

Hello peoples, I recently acquired a new mobo to tide me over until I can get the spare money to order a new one (which probably won't be until after the first of the year) however, the board, while better than what I had, has some problems hence why I got it so "cheaply". The problems I had with it have been fixable/liveable with. Anyways, here's a description of my problem and some brief applicable system specs.


The ethernet port on this board was bad, knew that from purchase date. However I ordered a brand new card (10/100MB NIC PCI Ethernet Card), installed it, and the drivers all loaded, and the card is listed as working properly. I have no internet connection or network connection even listed. The way my system runs is as follows.

Computer/Ethernet Card -> Cat5 -> ASUS Router -> Cat6 -> ISP Router -> Outside

I have tried hard lining it direct from the ISP Router as well to no avail.

I've even tried using the ipconfig.exe commands. Including /release, /flushdns, /renew. But, whenever I open the DOS panel with the command it just disappears in a millisecond.

This problem has got me stumped. I know the PCI port on the board isn't bad because I literally just removed my USB expansion card from it to install this one. I even tried switching it with the other 2 PCI cards I have installed and they all work perfectly so it's not the PCI slot. Suggestions greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

[RealBeast]

When you use the command prompt window, open the window first -- command prompt is in the accessories folder, then the window will stay open so you can read the output.

Only one router should really act as a router. Either one will work, so pick the one to use. If the ISP device is actually a modem/router then you don't need the ASUS router unless you just configure it as a wireless AP. DSL or cable modem?

In any case, once you have only one DHCP server running on one router, go into your network control panel, change adapter settings, right click the Ethernet card, select properties, highlight Internet Protocol Version 4 and select properties to the lower right. Make sure that the computer is automatically obtaining an IP address from the gateway.

Your ipconfig command in the command prompt window will tell you your gateway address, and you can type that into your browser to configure your router settings as needed.

 

[vaporfox99]

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