On Wednesday 25 January 2006 14:39, a tiny voice compelled Trenton Adams to write: > You can restart the network on XP by right clicking the network > connection and clicking "repair" I believe.
Hmm might work. ipconfig /release and then ipconfig /renew still seem to need a reboot, though ipconfig will show a valid IP#. I used to know winders pretty good. Of course that was 7 years ago. > > On 1/25/06, Ernie Schroder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wednesday 25 January 2006 13:42, a tiny voice compelled > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] to write: > > > Recheck (I assume you've checked it already <G>) his network settings. > > > He may have a bad card. Can you setup a network trace/sniffer on your > > > linux box to see what happens? Also the Linksys will log some events - > > > check it's log setup and see how detailed you can get. > > > > > > > From: Ernie Schroder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Date: 2006/01/25 Wed PM 01:36:44 EST > > > > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > > > > Subject: [gentoo-user] OT: XP laptop crashes Linsys router. > > > > > > > > My son has a toshiba laptop running XP. When ever he plugs in his > > > > network cable, The router linksys goes down. I cannot ping it from my > > > > machine. Rebooting the router allows all machines to reach internet > > > > and LAN addresses for a few seconds until the router crashes again. > > > > Leaving the cable unplugged from his laptop allows the router to work > > > > properly. Any ideas? > > > > -- > > > > Regards, Ernie > > > > -- > > > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > I played a bit with his laptop (damn it's a bi**h to do anything with > > winders) and found that "Internet Connection Sharing" was enabled. I > > disabled same and it seems to have done the trick. My God! I fealt like a > > noobie trying to fumble my way around that thing. Is there no way of > > restarting the network on XP? > > -- > > Regards, Ernie > > -- > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Regards, Ernie -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
