On 5 Mar 2007 20:31:52 -0800, "howard" <hcrisp@gmail.com> wrote in
<1173155512.729272.87420@v33g2000cwv.googlegroups. com>:

>I had tried different ports, i've now tried a different cable, and
>i've tried power cycling the desktop, router, and modem, but with no
>luck.

It would help if you answered each of my questions in turn -- you
skipped over some of the things I asked you to try.

>on the desktop:
>Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : satx.rr.com
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE
>Network Connecti
>on
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-72-CE-D6-A0
> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.101
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.28.131.113
> 24.28.131.245
> Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, March 05, 2007
>10:24:30 PM
> Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, March 06, 2007
>10:24:30 PM

OK, DHCP is working.

>on the working laptop:
>Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : satx.rr.com
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE
>Network Connecti
>on
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-72-CE-D6-A0
> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.101
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.28.131.113
> 24.28.131.245
> Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, March 05, 2007
>10:24:30 PM
> Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, March 06, 2007
>10:24:30 PM

Same physical and IP address. Looks like the desktop again, not the
laptop!

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