On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 01:51:08 -0400, "eli" <nob***@anywhere.com> wrote:

>Hello:
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>I had posted about this towards the end of last month.  MVP Chuck had been
>trying to help me through this. I'm updating the situation with some new
>info, and. reposting it since that thread   goes back several weeks. My
>apologies  if this isn't  the appropriate way to do this.
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>The original thread may be found at:
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>http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web/browse_thread/thread/6529be7c79cd41d2/#
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>To recap:
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> I have a LAN setup with only two PC's. The connection is via a Linksys
>BEFSR41 Router.
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>My own PC occasionally loses connectivity~every one to three days. This is
>noted by a yellow exclamation mark at the LAN icon in the System Tray,
>telling me that my connection has limited or no connectivity. It is
>generally preceded by some warning readings in the Event Viewer about
>"Failure to renew address" on the network from the DHCP server. The other
>PC, however-a Laptop-never  loses connectivity.
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>For a week, the connectivity problems on my end had stopped. When they
>resumed last week, I no longer was able to regain the connection by simply
>disconnecting my PC from the router-as was the case in my last post on this.
>I had to shut the router down first.
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>After reading Chuck's blog on properly setting up a Network such as the one
>we had intended:.
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>http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/using-network-setup-wizard-in-windows.html
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>I asked my roommate if she recalls how she had set up the Network Setup
>Wizard in the first place.
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>She seemed to recall checking in the option:
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>·  This computer connects directly to the Internet. The other computers on
>my network connect to the Internet through this computer.
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>Rather than the correct option:
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>This computer connects to the Internet through another computer on my
>network or through a residential gateway.
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>Since we are using the Linksys Router for both our PC's the second option
>would have been the correct one.
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>In addition to the connectivity shutdowns described earlier, I also notice
>that I cannot find  locate her PC in My Network Places, nor can we ping one
>another. This in itself   isn't a problem, since we don't share printers or
>files. I mention it only insofar as it might   be symptomatic of the
>underlying problem.
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>Question:
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>1)  Can she or I   simply rerun the Network Setup Wizard, and this time
>check in the correct box?
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>Will this simply override any configuration errors she may have made in the
>original     network setup?
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>Or is it necessary to change some settings and/or uninstall /reinstall some
>hardware or software first?
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>2)  Since we both access the internet separately via the Linksys router,
>should   I run the Network Setup Wizard as well? Do both users need to run
>the Network Setup Wizard?
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>Thanks again for bearing with me on this:
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>-Eli
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>Windows XP Professional Edition SP2
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