Cant Connect to an XP network at home

Hi
I have a computer running windows XP professional that isn't
connecting to my home network. The network is as follows: One XP
Home computer that acts as an internet gateway, with three other
computers running XP Home or XP Professional, (one of these computers
is mine). All computers connect through a hub.
I have just set up my computer and on installation of XP, it detected
the network and everything worked fine. But the next day, it wouldn't
connect to the network.

I have tried:
- Letting XP automatically assign a tcp/ip address, when this happens
it assigns itself something in the 169.x.x.x range, when our network
is in the 192.168.0.x range.
- Assigning a tcp/ip address my self, eg 192.168.0.20, when i do this
i can ping myself by either ip address or computer name, but i can't
ping any other computer using either method.
- Reseting the tcp/ip stack using the netsh command.
- I then tried a different network card. On installation of the
network card, the computer connected to the network, but the next day
when i turned the computer on again, my network connection was lost
again.

I don't know what else to try, if anyone has any ideas it would be
very very appreciated.
Thank you
Stephen

is the internet connection firewall enabled on the XP Pro machine?

it shouldn't be

hth

philip ashley

"Stephen" wrote in message
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Hi
I have a computer running windows XP professional that isn't
connecting to my home network. The network is as follows: One XP
Home computer that acts as an internet gateway, with three other
computers running XP Home or XP Professional, (one of these computers
is mine). All computers connect through a hub.
I have just set up my computer and on installation of XP, it detected
the network and everything worked fine. But the next day, it wouldn't
connect to the network.

I have tried:
- Letting XP automatically assign a tcp/ip address, when this happens
it assigns itself something in the 169.x.x.x range, when our network
is in the 192.168.0.x range.
- Assigning a tcp/ip address my self, eg 192.168.0.20, when i do this
i can ping myself by either ip address or computer name, but i can't
ping any other computer using either method.
- Reseting the tcp/ip stack using the netsh command.
- I then tried a different network card. On installation of the
network card, the computer connected to the network, but the next day
when i turned the computer on again, my network connection was lost
again.

I don't know what else to try, if anyone has any ideas it would be
very very appreciated.
Thank you
Stephen

Hi
Thanks for the reply. No the network connection doesn't have the firewall enabled.

Thanks

Hi Philip
I just tried that, but it didn't help. It just re-set my ip to the 169.x.x.x range.
Thank you for your suggestion

Hi
Thanks for the reply. No the network connection doesn't have the firewall enabled.

Thanks

Hi
Thanks for the reply. No the network connection doesn't have the firewall enabled.

Thanks

Hi
Thanks for the reply. No the network connection doesn't have the firewall enabled.

Thanks

Hi
Thanks for the reply. No the network connection doesn't have the firewall enabled.

Thanks

Hi Philip
I just tried that, but it didn't help. It just re-set my ip to the 169.x.x.x range.
Thank you for your suggestion

Hi Philip
I just tried that, but it didn't help. It just re-set my ip to the 169.x.x.x range.
Thank you for your suggestion

Hi
Thanks for the reply. No the network connection doesn't have the firewall enabled.

Thanks

Hi Philip
I just tried that, but it didn't help. It just re-set my ip to the 169.x.x.x range.
Thank you for your suggestion

Hi Philip
I just tried that, but it didn't help. It just re-set my ip to the 169.x.x.x range.
Thank you for your suggestion

Hi Philip
I just tried that, but it didn't help. It just re-set my ip to the 169.x.x.x range.
Thank you for your suggestion

Hi
Thanks for the reply. No the network connection doesn't have the firewall enabled.

Thanks