jbruced

Regular bought cables. It worked fine with these cables before, so I don't beleive it's a cable issue. I'll call ISP, and probably wait for 2 hrs on the phone. They are terrible here. Thanks much for all you help! Email ****Edited for safety**** if there's anything I can ever do for you. jbruced I removed your email address to keep the internet gremlins from gettin' you. Mike I'm back with new info, I got connect to router/bridge (set up as bridge) changed connection to dhcp and NO internet this system worked before with same settings to the router, is it possibly IP changes by ISP? jbruce

Regular bought cables. It worked fine with these cables before, so I don't beleive it's a cable issue. I'll call ISP, and probably wait for 2 hrs on the phone. They are terrible here. Thanks much for all you help! Email ****Edited for safety**** if there's anything I can ever do for you. jbruced I removed your email address to keep the internet gremlins from gettin' you. Mike

Tried everything, direct to pc, with tel cable, w/o tel cable, through switch direct pc to router, reboot, reset switch, power off/on, will not connect (I found the manual online, says just what you said) Aaaaaaaaaaaaargh jbruced

Thanks for your effort. Tried it all, may times, won't connect to router through http://192.168.1.1 jbruced

Yes both setup for DHCP Both set to automatically obtain ip address. Don't know if ip is the issue here or not? Still tearing hair out Thanks! jbruced

PCs are set up to automatically assign IP address. There is a Paradyne dsl bridge/router (as listed on the label) There is a dlink switch with 5 ports (used just to connect everything) If I reboot with dls router disconnected, I get IPs starting with 169, and my network works perfectly. Is the dsl router, or ISP for that matter screwing me up? I'm in the US Virgin Islands, and the ISP company is known for poor service. Thanks! jbruced

Hello and thank you for the reply. Since my system works without the internet connected (through a paradyne dsl bridge/router that acts a direct connection according to my ISP), the dlink switch should be fully operational and virtually transparent to the system. Tried unplugging everything at least 50 times, that's why I'm tearing my hair out . By the way, both PCs access the internet with no problem through the switch and router. Appreciate your interest! jbruced

Hi all, New here, so forgive any improper behavior, not intentional. equipment configuration: 2 XP home computers 1 network smart switch(hub) 1 dsl box all devices connected to network switch. Problem: When I disconnect dsl box from the network (unplug) and reboot computers, my home network works great. When I reconnect dsl box to the network and reboot (or PC reconfigures it's ip for internet connection), I lose all connectivity between PCs, can't even see them in network workgroup. (Though I can ping both computers from each other) Tryed a ton of network wizard setups, ipconfig release and r