On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 14:16:15 -0700, "Rick"
wrote:

My wife's laptop, just returned from vacation, won't
connect with our small home network (using a 5 port
Linksys hub), though it used to. The 3 other computers, 2
XP's and 1 other ME, can all see each other and share
resources and the internet. But her's is invisible. I
can't "ping" it using its IP address, nor can it ping any
of the other computers. I have removed Firewalls, added
the IP to "trusted zones" when Zonealarm is working, no
effect. Should I run the Network Wisard on the laptop or
could that complicate rather than solve problems? Any
guidance will be appreciated!
Rick

Rick,

The Network Setup Wizard is OK when it works - but when it doesn't it just makes
things harder to fix. Just start with some simple diagnostics.

Please provide ipconfig information for each computer.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "ipconfig /all c:\ipconfig.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.
Identify operating system (by name and version) with each ipconfig listing.

What model Linksys hub are you using? Can you ping that? Can your wife's
laptop ping that?

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.