BP said:
Longer story short ... we had a power problem in the house a while back
and
although I thought it to be coincidence, we lost our ATT modem. At that
time
I had Netgear capability in my computer,
Do you mean that you had a netgear wireless adapter installed? Or, what do
you mean by this?
There isn't really a "netgear capability". Netgear makes a variety of
standard devices, wired and wireless.
Did you attach your PC to the router by cable?
that I used to
print wirelessly to my HP printer.
In which case, the wireless connection may have been between the router and
the printer, not directly between your PC and the printer.
When ATT came out, they said I had a bad
modem .. and replaced it with a combination modem/router(2wire). So, I did
have many months of wireless thru Netgear .... since the new 2wire device
was
installed, the Netgear router was pulled. I can no longer print
wirelessly.
Which would probably indicate that the problem is that the printer is still
set up to work with the Netgear router, and the new router is set up
differently.
In that case, you need to work with the router and the printer setup, not
with your PC or XP install.
For example, it's possible that the printer is set to use a fixed IP address
of, say, 192.168.0.99, and the new router is set to use the IP range
192.168.1.x.
In that circumstance, the router knows nothing of the printer, and the
printer is just sitting there not connected to anything.
Check the router and printer manuals, and make appropriate adjustments.
Look closely at the TCP/IP settings.
So ... not sure if the power situation may have caused something or if
that
is unrelated. So now you have ... the rest of the story. Hopes this helps
...
It's certainly more information, but more specific information about your
setup is needed.
HTH
-pk