"Charlie" <Charlie@nowhere.com> hath wroth:

>I am running a Linksys WRT54GS router with 2 machines attached with CAT 5
>running Windows XP. One machine can access the Internet and the other
>machine can't and displays the message "Internet Explorer cannot display
>this web page" By playing around I discovered if I turn off the firewall on
>the router I can access the Internet. Does anyone have any ideas as to what
>the problem might be.

You might want to run:
Start -> Run -> cmd <enter>
IPCONFIG
If the IP address of the 2 machines are 192.168.1.xxx, then it's
working and I don't have a clue why it's broken.

If the IP address of *ONE* of the machines is a routeable IP address
(other than 169.254.xxx.xxx), then you have successfully miswired the
CAT5 cables. Connect the "internet" or "WAN" port on the WRT54G to
the cable or DSL modem.


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