Joe
January 10th 04, 01:02 AM
try re-install networking on the problematic machine.
>-----Original Message-----
>Can anyone help with the following problem:
>I have a small network (3 XP Pro machines / Router /
>Cable modem) - everything works fine.
>I then added one XP HOME machine. This machine cannot
>access Anything (rest of the network, or the internet).
>ipconfig values appear "kosher" but I cannot even ping
>the default gateway. The physical cable connection seems
>fine (I connected my laptop to the same cable and had no
>problems)
>There must be "some" sort of connection: when I
>disconnect the cable, a little bubble comes up showing
>it's disconnected. When I plug the cable back in, it has
>lost the 'connection-specific DNS suffix' and
>the 'Default Gateway' and the other values keep
reverting
>to some invalid values. Attempting a Repair on the
>connection results in an error message indicating that
>the IP address could not be renewed. Dell and Shaw were
>unable to help. Any ideas?
>
>.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Can anyone help with the following problem:
>I have a small network (3 XP Pro machines / Router /
>Cable modem) - everything works fine.
>I then added one XP HOME machine. This machine cannot
>access Anything (rest of the network, or the internet).
>ipconfig values appear "kosher" but I cannot even ping
>the default gateway. The physical cable connection seems
>fine (I connected my laptop to the same cable and had no
>problems)
>There must be "some" sort of connection: when I
>disconnect the cable, a little bubble comes up showing
>it's disconnected. When I plug the cable back in, it has
>lost the 'connection-specific DNS suffix' and
>the 'Default Gateway' and the other values keep
reverting
>to some invalid values. Attempting a Repair on the
>connection results in an error message indicating that
>the IP address could not be renewed. Dell and Shaw were
>unable to help. Any ideas?
>
>.
>