Re: [NTLK] Fwd: Problem with 3com Ethernet card at work

From: Helvécio Mafra (helvecio.mafra_at_newted.org)
Date: Fri Feb 14 2003 - 06:58:27 PST


On Friday, Feb 14, 2003, at 02:56 Brazil/East, Bill Miranda wrote:

> Please?
>
>> I have a Newton 2100 and I have installed all of the NIE 2.0 drivers
>> and the drivers necessary for my Newton to recognize the 3com 3C589C
>> card that I purchased. I know this because at home I am able to
>> connect to my ethernet router and surf the web using Nethopper over =
my
>> cable modem. At work, when I connect to my office's Ethernet =
network,
>> it seems to work also but it doesn't connect to websites. What =
happens
>> in Nethopper is that a slip pops up asking me how I want to connect. =
I
>> pick my wired ethernet setup. It loads DHCP protocol and assigns me =
an
>> IP number, then it shows the striped bar for a second and comes back
>> with an HTTP Server error 303. This happens to all the same web =
sites
>> that I successfully connect with from home. I would have though that
>> my setup was okay because the DHCP part is working and the network is
>> assigning me an IP number. What should I try to troubleshoot this
>> situation?
>> Thanks!

Not quite sure, but I think you problem is that your DHCP server at=20
work is not providing a good DNS server. Try setting up your connection=20=

with manual IP configuration, and put the same IP number as the one=20
DHCP assigns to your Newton. Don't forget to put valid DNS servers.

Cheers,
Helv=E9cio
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