Network Adapters

Hi Everyone,
I have recently signed up with Sky for my broadband and have set everything up but cannot connect to the net, I phoned sky and they told me I should have an Ethernet adapter under network adapters in the device manager, but all i have is network controller,
I have tried searching the net to download the correct adapter but don't really know what I'm looking for!!! which makes it a little tricky so if any one could tell me where i can get the correct adapter i would be most appreciative
I am using Windows Vista
AMD Athlon 64 processor 3500+
1023 MB
32-Bit operating system
Thanks for any help
Dave.

Hi There

The networking controller is the ethernet adaptor - does it show as working or does it have an exclamation mark against it?

As you are running vista the driver should already be loaded - what motherboard do you have?

Hope this helps

JH

Hi JH
There is no exlamation mark beside the networking controller and says it is working,
My mother board is
Model: ASUSTek Computer inc. A8NE-FM
Chip Set: NVIDIA NForce4 (Crush ck8- 04) + CK8-04 MCP
Cheers
Dave

Hi There

i think thats an OEM motherboard the asus site wont have drivers - mesh would provide them - vista however would have most drivers within it.

However if it shows as working its likely to be something else wrong

with the sky netgear router plugged into the ethernet socket can you connect to it via internet explorer

192.168.0.1 ?

JH

No,
i just get a blank page telling me there is no connection
Its strange because I have had broadband before with tiscali and it worked, till i moved house that is and Tiscali seemed to take ages to connect me so Id thought i would try Sky!!!

Hi again

can you check your adaptor settings

go to network,network and sharing centre, network connections

right click on adaptor then properties then click on tcp/ip properties and make sure that the general tabs say obtain ip address and dns settings automatically you may have one or 2 tcp entries to check

try this its often a problem

try then accessing the sky router again 192.168.0.1

if this doesnt work try right click on adaptor then repair

JH

Hi JH
Your a star my tcp/ip 4 was no set to automatic so clicked that re booted and hey presto !!!1
thanks so much
Dave

Hi No problem

glad its all working now

JH