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Stephen
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      2nd Apr 2004
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
 
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philip ashley
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      2nd Apr 2004
is the internet connection firewall enabled on the XP Pro machine?

it shouldn't be

hth

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"Stephen" <(E-Mail Removed)> 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



 
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Stephen
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      3rd Apr 2004
Hi
Thanks for the reply. No the network connection doesn't have the firewall enabled.

Thanks
 
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philip ashley
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      3rd Apr 2004
tried this?

http://members.shaw.ca/techcd/WinsockXPFix.exe

hth

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"Stephen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the reply. No the network connection doesn't have the firewall

enabled.
>
> Thanks



 
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Stephen
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      5th Apr 2004
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
 
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