Reinstalled XP & can't connect to the internet

I reinstalled XP Home Edition on a Dell Dimension 4300 and installed all the available drivers for a Broadcom wireless and a CNET ethernet card as well as the relevant Dell drivers to try and get a connection and cannot do so. I've rebooted, uninstalled and reinstalled both friggin' cards and am now at my wits end. I have no clue what is going on. The PC recognizes the LAN connection through the ethernet card, but when I try either Mozilla or Explorer I get no page. I've gone round and round with this issue. Specs: Dell Dimension 4300 Windows XP, SP2 (first install I did after reinstall) Intel Pentium 4, 1.6GHZ CNET PCI PRO200WL Fast Ethernet Card Broadcom 802.11g/2.4GHZ wireless adapter One frazzled owner

Karkinos,

Do you show anything under other devices in device manager.

To get to device manager.

• Click on start.
• Click on run.
• Type in devmgmt.msc

Yes, the device shows up in the device manager and, according to the "properties" window is working properly.

We need to get the current status of the network.

On the system that is having the issue do the following.
Step 1
Get IP status

• Please open a new Notepad file by clicking on Start then All Programs after that Accessories then finaly Notepad.
• Copy the text from the following Code Box, by highlighting all the text and right click, Select Copy. (or use the Ctrl+C keyboard shortcut)

@echo off

ipconfig /all >> ipstatus.txt
notepad ipstatus.txt

• Paste it into Notepad. Right Click in the window and select Paste. (or use Ctrl+V)
• Save the file to the Desktop, make sure Type is All Files, and Coding is ANSI, and name it ipconfig.bat
• Double Click on the file created.
  
• Notepad will open up with the results.
  
• Please paste the results in your next reply.

I resolved the problem. I forgot that, like Linksys, my Broadcom card likes to have the drivers installed before the card is plugged into the motherboard. I removed all the drivers, pulled the card, installed the drivers, plugged in the card and viola! I have wireless connectivity. Thanks for you efforts!