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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 1167752" data-attributes="member: 63">I have managed to get the drivers I need, I think, and my computer no longer has a yellow ! next to the ethernet card when I check on it in Device Manager.  However, I still cannot log onto my college's network.1.  Open a command prompt window.2.  Type 'ping 127.0.0.1' and press enter.  If you don't get 4 very quick responses, you've got a problem with the IP protocol.It said 4 packets sent, 0 lost.  That's good, right?3.  Type 'ipconfig /all' and press enter. I didn't quite know how to interpret this.  I tried running winipcfg, and saw that it only lists a basic PPP, and doesn't mention my ethernet card at all.4.  Verify that you have an IP address assigned to the card you installed drivers for.  You should either have a fixed address assigned to you (in which case you'll have to feed in the appropriate information in the network setup), or you should be getting one automatically via DHCP.  If you are not getting one via DHCP and you should, then your computer isn't even listening to the network (could be drivers, cable, or something else).I guess my computer isn't listening to the network.  I know that my college gives out a CD with installation guidelines, that tell you what DNS entries and such you have to put in, and I followed all those instructions.  I don't know what might be wrong.  Looking at the back of my computer, the LEDs attached to the ethernet card are illuminated, so apparently the card is still functioning, and maybe even receiving some sort of feed from the cable, but it's just not connecting.5.  Type 'ping x.x.x.x' where x.x.x.x is the entry for default gateway reported by ipconfig.  If you get a response from the gateway, then your network is functioning properly at least at a low level.  If you can ping, but can't use the web, then it might be a DNS problem.The computer reported just a blank line for default gateway.  6.  Verify that you have two DNS entries reported by ipconfig.  Try pinging both of them.  If you have no entries, then web won't work.  You can always try hardcoding '4.2.2.2' and '4.2.2.1' for DNS servers.I have two entries, which are the DNS entries my college's guide told me to put in.  I tried to ping each, but all packets were lost.7.  Try 'ping www.yahoo.com'.  If you get a response, then DNS is working.Unsurprisingly, this didn't work.I'm going to compare my settings to those of this computer (a friend's), and see if I can spot any discrepancies.  Thanks for all the help offered so far, though.</blockquote>

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