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Checking Network Configuration
Checking Network Configuration
If hardware isn’t at fault, you may have a fundamental network configuration problem.
Often the Event Log or Device Manager gives these problems away, but if they don’t, you
can use another batch of tools to check the computer’s network configuration.
ipconfig
If your computer can’t communicate with others on your LAN, after you check the Event
Log and Device Manager, use the
ipconfig command-line utility to see whether your com-
puter has a valid IP address. Check other computers on the LAN, too, to ensure that they
do as well.
At the command prompt (which you open by choosing Start, All ...