On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 10:54:45 -0700, "Rick"
wrote:

Chuck:

Below is the IPconfig info on the 4 computers in our home
network. The ME Laptop added recently that is having
problems is listed first.

In a nutshell, well a very large nutshell, here is the
situation. Our small network of 2 desktops (one XP one ME)
and my laptop (XP) is working fine (after earlier help
from you!). My wife returned with her ME laptop (which had
previously worked fine on the network but not with the new
DSL modem we recently installed). At first she couldn't
connect to the network at all. Finally I was able to get
her connected by manually specifiying an IPaddress under
Network/Configuration/TCP/IP -Intel PRO10/100miniPCI/IP
Address. I gave it the address 162.198.0.6 and all worked
find on the network - but she still can't connect to the
internet. In reading the modem info it says to use
Automatically Assigned IP address, so I did so. This
disables the network, and did NOT get her online. But this
was the state in which I just ran ipconfig.

We are using a Linksys Fast Ethernet 10/100 5-port hub
(Model NH1005,V2). I am not sure how to ping it? How do I
find its IP address? But if I assign the ME an IP address
the network does work. So I assume the ME laptop hardware
is communication with the hub.

The Actiontec DSL Gateway is connected to the hub via a
regular RJ45 network type cable. The other three computers
can go online without any problems. But the ME laptop just
won't!

SNIP IPConfig Data etc

Rick,

Whatever your router is (the Linksys or the Actiontec?) it has an ip address of
192.168.0.1 (the DHCP server for the other computers). So I guess what we need
to see is the IPConfig from Peggy when autoconfiguration (DHCP client) is
enabled.

When you manually assigned Peggy 192.168.0.6, could you actually ping it from
Laptop and Family? If so, you should have manually assigned it DNS server
addresses 205.171.3.65 and 205.171.2.65, which should have made it able to
connect to the internet.

So once again, let's see what the IPConfig for Peggy shows, when you enable it
for DHCP (autoconfiguration). You also need to login to the router
(192.168.0.1), check its activity log, and see if there's a problem assigning
DHCP address to Peggy.

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