Why can I connect to TalkTalk via USB, but not ethernet?

notbritishgas

Hi Zero, yes your ethernet device does need drivers. Have you got a seperate card or is it built onto your motherboard (most likely).
You should have the drivers on a Cd or on the motherboard setup cd, failing that a download is required.

Zero

Thanks NBG,

I've just recently wiped my hard drive and done a fresh install of Windows XP. So now that I think about it I should also have installed the software on the Dell "Drivers and Utilities" CD...

Maybe the relevant drivers for the ethernet connection are contained on it. D'oh!

kltpzyxm

Zero wrote: »

Thanks NBG,

I've just recently wiped my hard drive and done a fresh install of Windows XP. So now that I think about it I should also have installed the software on the Dell "Drivers and Utilities" CD...

Maybe the relevant drivers for the ethernet connection are contained on it. D'oh!

If its not on the cd you can search & download it from here using your service tag or model number

HTH

Zero

I loaded the drivers on my Dell CDs onto the pc, but it didn't help. My pc is a desktop Dell Dimension 2400 (not the 2400C).

I found this thread where someone had the same problem with a missing ethernet controller on the same pc.

http://www.computing.net/windowsxp/wwwboard/forum/136490.html

Posters there suggested downloading this driver...
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&releaseid=R64645&SystemID=DIM_PNT_P4_CEL_2400&category=5&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=3597&devlib=5&fileid=84196

I did this, but when I click on the "open" button of this downloaded file in the "downloads" box it states...

This self-extracting zip file is part of a multidisk zip file. Please insert the last disk of the set.

If I click "OK" then it states...

An error occured while unzipping. One or more files were not successfully unzipped. The error code is 110.

I was saving this direct on the hard drive, but since it would not open I also saved it onto a memory stick, but it would not open from there either.

The poster in the above thread appears to have had exactly the same problem. Though there was no resolution to the problem in the thread.

Any ideas what might be wrong? Thanks!

espresso

Zero wrote: »

Any ideas what might be wrong? Thanks!

There is nothing wrong with the self extracting archive file R64645.EXE (5811kb) if you have downloaded it correctly. Have you read the instructions on the download page?

Zero

Thanks guys

I seem to have it working now.

I hadn't been typing C:\DELL\DRIVERS\r64645.

into the run bar.