I am using Vista Home Premium, but I'm experiencing a problem with my
Internet connection. I connect to Internet trough a cable connection (I
have a modem). Vista identified my network card (a realtek rtl8168/8111
family pci-e gigabit ethernet nic). The only problem is that it does not
identify the network connection. It says "access: local only" and, when
I try to diagnose the problem it says ' Windows confirmed that "primary
DNS Server" is currently online, but it is not responding to connection
attempts at this time.... bla bla bla '. This does not solve my problem.
Does anyone have any idea where the problem could?

If i plug this to my windows XP system it works fine.

Any advice would be highly appreciated. Thanks!


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rameshwarprasad

rameshwarprasad wrote:


I am using Vista Home Premium, but I'm experiencing a problem with my
Internet connection. I connect to Internet trough a cable connection (I
have a modem). Vista identified my network card (a realtek rtl8168/8111
family pci-e gigabit ethernet nic). The only problem is that it does not
identify the network connection. It says "access: local only" and, when
I try to diagnose the problem it says ' Windows confirmed that "primary
DNS Server" is currently online, but it is not responding to connection
attempts at this time.... bla bla bla '. This does not solve my problem.
Does anyone have any idea where the problem could?

If i plug this to my windows XP system it works fine.

What does your cable company's tech support have to say about this? If you
don't want to bother talking to them, buy a router so both your computers
will have Internet access.

Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

On some cable systems only ONE machine is authorized access. To change
machines you might need to call your ISP and have them reset at their end
for your Vista machine. On some systems there is an automatic reset after
several hours of being disconnected.

If you follow Malke's advice you may have to call your ISP after connecting
the router to the cable modem, alternatively most routers allow what is
called MAC cloning so that the cable company thinks it is connected to what
is now your working XP machine. How you enable cloning will be covered in
your router instructions.

Michael

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rameshwarprasad wrote:


I am using Vista Home Premium, but I'm experiencing a problem with my
Internet connection. I connect to Internet trough a cable connection (I
have a modem). Vista identified my network card (a realtek rtl8168/8111
family pci-e gigabit ethernet nic). The only problem is that it does not
identify the network connection. It says "access: local only" and, when
I try to diagnose the problem it says ' Windows confirmed that "primary
DNS Server" is currently online, but it is not responding to connection
attempts at this time.... bla bla bla '. This does not solve my problem.
Does anyone have any idea where the problem could?

If i plug this to my windows XP system it works fine.

What does your cable company's tech support have to say about this? If you
don't want to bother talking to them, buy a router so both your computers
will have Internet access.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ