Jim, you already have a router between your switched network of PCs and the Internet - the one provided by your ISP. Adding another router isn't going to fix anything that we've been talking about. Your problem has nothing to do with routers, switches or MAC addresses.
Looking back over what you've told me, things appear to have changed mid-stream. You first told me that the laptop was at 192.168.0.2. But when you did a net view \\192.168.0.2, you got results that suggested that that IP was on DADS. Let's try this from each machine: net view \\192.168.0.1 net view \\192.168.0.2 net view \\192.168.0.3 and compare results (please post them). If one of those consistently fails with the same failure you've been seeing, check IPCONFIG /ALL on each machine and confirm which machine has the IP address which fails to respond to NET VIEW. It will probably be the laptop, which means the problem is still unknown, but at least we'll have re-established a consistent report of how things are which is needed in order to go forward. This assumes you want to continue debugging. One possible outcome I'm starting to fear is this laptop problem may be too screwy to figure out over E-mail. The solution of last resort is to wipe the hard drive and start over with a fresh install of XP. It will definitely be faster, in terms of elapsed time, to debugging over E-mail. Carl -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Dykes Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 10:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Network Question However, I'm using a SWITCH, not a ROUTER and AFIK, there is no assignment of anything within it. And it isn't WIRELESS. Might have to go to a router, though, since that laptop is giving me a pain. I changed the name on it just in case that might be a problem and disabled the firewall, but it's still not accessable. I have a LinkSys DSL/Etnernet router laying around here that I used to use. Don't know why I didn't use it instead of buying the switch. Can't remember. Probably can't find the CD for it anyway <smile>. -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
