Can you get to a command prompt, run "ipconfig /all >temp.txt", and send us the temp.txt file that results (paste it into the message body)? That will help us see if the connection is functioning and you're getting a valid IP address and DNS settings. If those are okay, we can have you try "ping" to establish network connectivity/reachability. Once all of those check out, then we're ready to consider whether it could be a problem with IE itself. David Gillett On 14 Mar 2004 at 15:44, bobwarasila wrote: > I tested my networking connection with a direct connection to my cable modem > (bypassed the router) and still can't get Explorer to connect to the outside > world. The device manager says the NIC is OK and "functioning properly". > Is there some other way I can test functionality? > > Bob Warasila > > > > Whenever you install or change NIC drivers, Win98SE assumes that you > also > > need to install networking support files (from the OS CD). After the > first > > time, it's probably wrong about that, but at least the first time, if > > they're not where it looks for them by default, you need to navigate > around > > on the CD until it finds them. (The situation is a little analogous to > the > > early days with CD-ROM drives, where you needed both a drive-specific low- > > level driver, and an upper-level driver that added CD-ROM support to the > OS, > > but in this case it's the NIC driver and networking support.) > > PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download > visit our download web page at: > http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml