OK...

1. The pings to the localhost/127.0.0.1 address indicate that your TCP/IP software stack on the laptop is most likely not corrupt.

2. The 169.254.153.7 auto-configured IP address means...

OK- and what about the results of the two "ping" commands? If the pings work correctly, you should, for each command, get 4 positive replies followed by a block of summary info. If they fail, please...

That will do nothing to fix the conneciton problem, it will only hide the alert message.

By the way zygon- please try to use proper spelling and grammar in your posts here. Not all of our members...

* Getting the router password would obviously be a Good Thing. Please do that.

The only thing I can think of that would give you that problem (assuming nothing is actually broken) would be if...

Thanks for understanding- any progress on the problem?

Hello, yodro,

Please keep in mind that we are all volunteers here, and that we do have our own "real life" schedules and commitments which we need to attend to before dedicating any of our free...

Oh- one thing: can you please post the details of what the problem turned out to be, and how you finally resolved the issue. Having that info here could be helpful to other members in the future.
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Cool- glad you got it sorted. :)

You'll need to find out; it makes a difference. If your laptop was originally configured to connect directly to a DSL modem, chances are that you have DSL connection/dialer software installed. This...

What kind of Internet access to you currently use (DSL, Cable, etc.), and what device (wireless router, access point, or modem) is your computer trying to connect to?

Glad you finally got it sorted out...

Correctomundo!
If you've got Linksys RT312Ps, those are full-blown routers in and of themselves (the "RT" in Linksys product lines indicates "router"), so they can definitely act as DHCP servers....

Thanks for the info- that explains a lot. Madness indeed; I feel for 'ya. :mrgreen:

With the network configuration you've outlined, it sounds like you'll want to retain the DHCP functionality if...

Um... hang on here- just how many computers do you have on this LAN, and out of those, how many existed "pre-switch installation"?

The error messages you've posted are what you would expect on a...

Ok- hopefully it's just a duff switch, but if the new gives you problems too, we'll be here... :)

Well now, that certainly gives us a lot to go on... :mrgreen:
Please give us as many details as possible on your IP addressing scheme as a whole, what exact errors you've encountered, etc.

As...

Keep us posted on your progress...

1. Try using the wifi adapter with no other USB devices connected and see if that makes a difference.

2. Your event logs may have some clues in them. Open the Event Viewer utility in your...

Somewhat obvious suggestions, but worth mentioning:

1. Simply uninstalling the software for those devices and reinstalling it from scratch will often clear up the freezing/hanging problem.

2....

OK- let the system, as it is presently configured, cook long enough for you to be fairly certain that the problem is not (or is) still occuring.

Give it a reasonable amount of time and see if it remains stable before calling Comcast. Also- did your modem give you the upstream SNR? If so, it didn't make it into your post. (The other signal...

OK- try/check the items I posted earlier and get back to us with the details after that. The problem could well be on Comcast's end, but it's always best to eliminate everything that you can before...

Hi Lc0756, welcome to DaniWeb :)

To begin with, can you please post the exact make/model/version of the modem?

Those errors in the modem log are all related to the WAN-side connection, so I seriously doubt that plugging a computer directly in to the modem will change anything. However, you may have to get...

* Is the network adapter an internal PCI card, or a removable (USB, PCMCIA, etc.) device?
* Do you know the make and model # of the device? If so, post that info.

* Right-click on the My Computer icon on your desktop and choose Properties from the resulting context menu.
* In the Properties window, click on the Hardware tab.
* In the Hardware tab, click on...

VNC would do the trick. Here's a good (and free) VNC program:

http://www.tightvnc.com/

If your network card were truly working properly (and enabled, of course), the ipconfig command should have given you information somewhat similar to the following:
Windows IP Configuration
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Hi ijagarce,

First of all- welcome to TechTalk!

RJL1265 is right about starting your own thread. We do ask that members not tag their questions on to a thread previously started by another...

Since the laptop can connect to the router and access the Net, it should only be the desktop machine that would need to be restarted if anything.


1. Right-click on the networking icon in the...

So are you saying that you managed to get it sorted out now? It isn't quite clear from what you posted.

OK- you'll still need to keep the wired connection though; what I said about the wireless management restriction still stands.

- Can you at least ping the router?

- Are you sure that the...

Hi rockstar_cs_32,

First of all- wlecome to the site. :)

Can you give us more specific information please?

- Which exact version of Windows are you using?

- Are you using any firewall or...

You have the correct default user name and password, but remote administration via a wireless connection is disabled by default on those routers. You will need to connect to the router directly (via...

Thanks for the details. Information on the "MRxSmb" log entry and possible fixes for the problem can be found in some of the following links:
...

You might want to have a look in your application and system logs to see if whatever is causing this is also logging some indication of its activity there.

Use the Event Viewer utility in your...

Give it a shot and keep us posted. :)

Right.
As long as you choose an IP address that is out of the DHCP scope of the router (but still within the same subnet, obviously), you shouldn't have an address conflict.

Yes hollystiles- you've exactly and correctly grokked the concept of Microsoft's LSP (Layered Service Provider) extensions. :)

Additionally, what you stated is essentially true:


Importing...

Quite honestly, it looks to me as though you aren't dealing with a winsock issue at all this time around, but more of a DHCP-related problem instead.I only gave the winsock repair instructions to be...