Alright.

I received a call from my brother last night who had Comcast on site to get him setup with high speed internet, no wireless, just straight RJ-45 connection from the cable modem to the computers NIC. The connection originally worked and then stopped working while the Comcast person was on site. Between the installer and the Customer Service Rep, they are blaming the NIC in the computer.... which when the RJ-45 is plugged in , it has blinking lights and appears active. There have been several complete power downs of the PC and cable modem, however no internet connection has been able to be established again.

Could the NIC really have just crapped out? Seem odd to me and like a simple answer for Comcast, especially since they quoted a $50-100 price tag for a replacement....

Also, when I asked my brother to run ipconfig I do not believe that it actually produced an IP address for him.

Thoughts or ideas? We are really trying to hustle to get this internet access up for him ASAP.

Thank you in advance for any direction.