Hi Phil, Thanks for your input. Please see my responses in CAPITALS below: -
Phil Leigh;612972 Wrote: > Ah - I see you have now told us you have a wireless router!. > > > OK, so your XP machines appear to be setup correctly as they have > unique IP addresses. Your win7 machine is a mess! It's IP address > (169...) is NOT on your network! I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING BUT > MY WIN7 M/C IS ON MY NETWORK - I HAVE NETWORK MAGIC (FREE VERSION) > INSTALLED ON MY NETBOOK AND IT IS CLEARLY SHOWM AS BEING CONNECTED. I > CAN SURF THE WEB, RECEIVE AND SEND E-MAILS FROM IT WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM. > I AM HAPPY TO APPLY A '192.168.0. .....' IP ADDRESS TO THIS VAIO PC BUT > I WOULD NEED GUIDANCE AS TO HOW TO DO THIS. > > This has nothing to do with it running win7. How is the Sony Vaio > connected to the router? wi-fi or ethernet? ETHERNET, VIA A 'TENDA' > SWITCH WHICH IN TURN IS ETERNET CONNECTED TO MY DG834 MODEM ROUTER. > > Oh and by the way, the laptop should only be connected by EITHER > ethernet or wi-fi, not both at the same time! OK BUT IT WORKS FINE AS > IT IS - CAN YOU GIVE ME A LAYMAN'S REASON WHY IT SHOULD BE EITHER OR > BUT NOT BOTH? - NOT ARGUING, JUST WANTING TO LEARN. Thanks again for your input, Dave. -- DaveKen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DaveKen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85697 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
