You can restart the network on XP by right clicking the network connection and clicking "repair" I believe.
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 > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list