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Aug. 9th, 2002 02:50 amToday I was really in the mood to come home, do some writing, and watch the rest of Lord of the Rings.
But first I wanted to get my new computer all set up. I plugged in the video card, plugged in the power, etc., turned it on... yay! It works!
Or so I thought. TCP/IP is fucked up somehow. I've been working on it for nearly two hours and I absolutely can not force this computer to recognize or interact with my network. I'm getting very frustrated and pissed off.
1. When I check the Device Manager I don't see any Network Adaptors. I think I should.
2. When I check my Network from the control panel, I see TCP/IP with nothing listed after it. I think I should see something like TCP/IP -> NETGEAR FA310TX FAST ETHERNET PCI ADAPTOR. Or something similar.
3. Regardless, I clicked on properties for TCP/IP and specified an ip address, but this doesn't seem to accomplish anything.
4. I have attemped in every way I can think of to forcibly install the Network Adaptor, but it always insists that this is a plug and play device and so I can't force it to install, I just need to shut down my computer and restart, and it will install itself. BULLSHIT!
5. When I right-click on my hard drive icon, I don't see the "SHARING" option. I guess that won't appear until my computer recognizes that it has a net card installed that is plugged into a network.
Anyway I've wasted too much time screwing around with this tonight, and now I'm in a bad mood and I won't get any writing done. This should be so damned difficult... I may not know a lot about networking, but I had no problems networking my other three computers. Whoever invented plug and play can kiss my ass.
But first I wanted to get my new computer all set up. I plugged in the video card, plugged in the power, etc., turned it on... yay! It works!
Or so I thought. TCP/IP is fucked up somehow. I've been working on it for nearly two hours and I absolutely can not force this computer to recognize or interact with my network. I'm getting very frustrated and pissed off.
1. When I check the Device Manager I don't see any Network Adaptors. I think I should.
2. When I check my Network from the control panel, I see TCP/IP with nothing listed after it. I think I should see something like TCP/IP -> NETGEAR FA310TX FAST ETHERNET PCI ADAPTOR. Or something similar.
3. Regardless, I clicked on properties for TCP/IP and specified an ip address, but this doesn't seem to accomplish anything.
4. I have attemped in every way I can think of to forcibly install the Network Adaptor, but it always insists that this is a plug and play device and so I can't force it to install, I just need to shut down my computer and restart, and it will install itself. BULLSHIT!
5. When I right-click on my hard drive icon, I don't see the "SHARING" option. I guess that won't appear until my computer recognizes that it has a net card installed that is plugged into a network.
Anyway I've wasted too much time screwing around with this tonight, and now I'm in a bad mood and I won't get any writing done. This should be so damned difficult... I may not know a lot about networking, but I had no problems networking my other three computers. Whoever invented plug and play can kiss my ass.
