Re: XP not communicating with router

From: Carey Frisch [MVP] (cnfrisch_at_nospamgmail.com)
Date: 06/29/05

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    Disconnect the cable from the router, unplug the power
    to the router, wait 2 minutes, reconnect the cable to the
    router, then return power to the router. 

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Carey Frisch
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"Jeff"  wrote:
| Win XP Pro SP2.  I have 2 machines which until today have happily accessed 
| the internet via a Netgear adsl router.  Now my main PC is not able to 
| access the internet at all.  Neither is it able to access the files on the 
| other computer via the router. The other computer continues to access the 
| internet perfectly well via the router.  I've tried swopping ports and it 
| makes no difference.  The laptop can access via any port on the router, and 
| the desktop can access via none.
| 
| When I ping the ip address, I get this message four times:
| PING: transmit failed, error code 5
| 
| My isp tells me that my router is connected (which of course I know because 
| of my other machine being connected) and that it seems my PC isn't seeing 
| the router.  I've tried rebuilding the ip stack using the cmd netsh int ip 
| reset c:\resetlog.txt  The log tells me all the things which were reset, but 
| it hasn't solved the problem.
| 
| Can anyone suggest what might be wrong, and more importantly what might put 
| it right?!  Just please don't suggest System Restore....
| Thanks
| Jeff
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