zertas Posted October 10, 2004 Posted October 10, 2004 Having an odd peoblem that i have not seemed to be able to fix concerning the onblard LAN. I have done a complete OS reinstall twice and i am still having the same problem. One question of mine is that will the LAN work properly without installing the ForceWare firewall? I am using WinXP and do not have SP1 needed to install the ForceWare firewall manager. The problem i am having with my connection is rather odd (maybe its just me). I have complete LAN access to other computers on my home network but i cannot conenct to anything external like web pages and online games. I have searched here and tried the fixes for LAN issues but i am still having the same problem. Here's the settings in BIOS i have tried: I have all 4 SATA connections disabled for all tests.. 1st Setting set Onboard 1394 - Disabled MAC LAN (Nvidia) - Auto MAC media interface - RGMII Machine MAC (nv) Address - Auto -Grey'd out MAC Address 2nd setting set Onboard 1394 - Disabled MAC LAN (Nvidia) - Auto MAC media interface - RGMII Machine MAC (nv) Address - Enabled Machine MAC address - (I input the mac address from the AGP slot here) Either way, i have network access through the LAN here but i cannot connect to anything else. PC Specs are as follows: AMD64 3000+ CO rev. DFI Lanparty UT nForce3 250gb 2x 512 Crucial Ballistix 120GB WD HDD Radeon 9800Pro flashed to XT SLK 948 U + Tornado All tests have been done at stock settings with everything on Auto. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGone Posted October 10, 2004 Posted October 10, 2004 ...have to have the firewall manager or any part of that extra add to make Lan work. What I do not know is if there is a reason that it might 'really' need SP1a or higher. AG keeps telling me that we will all have to go SP2 sooner or later and I again put SP2 back on by way of load of o/s with SP2 slipstreaed but again I am ready to take this raggedy pOs SP2 off as it won't do this or does this when I don't ask it to and the list goes on and on. If you have another computer> I would download SP1a and try it. I am not familiar enough with all things IT but you can certainly make an incorrect setting in windoors that will keep you from netting but Lan all day long. RGone...:confused: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Games Posted October 10, 2004 Posted October 10, 2004 get at least SP1a Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zertas Posted October 10, 2004 Posted October 10, 2004 Thanks for the assistance guys. Plopped SP1a and installed ForceWare and it works like a dream. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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