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    R3000 Lan Problem

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Nemesisdefender, Dec 23, 2004.

  1. Nemesisdefender

    Nemesisdefender Newbie

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    I have no clue whats wrong here, I had a Compaq R3000 laptop up at college. I upgraded it to service pack 2, as well as upgrading some small update for the Realtech Lan. A few days later, an icon appeared in the tool tray saying the computer had limited lan activity. The computer cannot access the internet throught that lan in anyway. I figured this was the school doing something, but after returning home from break, the error remains. I tried rolling back to service pack 1 and looked to see if i updated the realtech driver, but there was none. I really don't have a clue, so any help will be greatly appreciated. Plus it is my sisters computer, and shes not too happy.....haha.....no really....help lol....
     
    Nemesisdefender, Dec 23, 2004
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  2. brianstretch

    brianstretch Notebook Virtuoso

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    That's a new one. Are you at least being assigned an IP address by DHCP? Bring up a command prompt and type "ipconfig" to find out. SP2 forces the WinXP firewall on by default, that could be conflicting with your existing firewall if you have one, and your existing firewall might be incompatible with SP2 (ZoneAlarm needed a version update, for instance). If you're being assigned a correct IP address like I think you are, I'd suspect something firewall-related is broken.

    WinXP SP2 is your friend. MUCH better security, and it enables the Enhanced Virus Protection feature of your AMD CPU (assuming you have one and not an inferior Intel CPU). You really, really want to use it, but it will make you jump through a few hoops first.
     
    brianstretch, Dec 24, 2004
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