> I got a problem on my older daughter laptop after upgrading to a
> faster ADSL. ALL 3 desktops(Pentium2 with Windows Server 2000,Celeron
> 633 mhz with XP SP2, 3ghz Pentium4 with Server 2003) are continue to
> work fine. The desktop my daughter using in the college(with ethernet
> adapter) continue to work at the school. When I tried to connect to
> Westell modem(which is the also a router it worked fine and I was able
> to connect and to use Internet. But when I am trying to connect
> through Microsoft Broadband 5 port switch it is unable to connect.
> It shows Autoconfigure Ip 169.254.80.xx
> It shows mask 255.255.0.0
> It shows gateway 168.192.1.254.
> It shows that Network speed is 100mbit/sec
> I tryed to switch cable connections and it does not matter.
> So it seems that some software settings preventing success(because
> this computer may be connected to different networks and laptop has
> 2ghz pentium4 with xp SP2 Home).

> Malke wrote:
>>Your daughter's laptop is configured to work with the school network
>>which is different than yours. Your daughter should either use the
>>Alternate Configuration to set up the network at home or a third-party
>>multinetwork manager.
>
> But I didn't changed anything with the Westel modem=router and when I
> m directly connecting the laptop to it everything works.
> It stops only when I connecting laptop to it via Microsoft Networking
> 10/100 Ethernet 5 port Switch model MN150.
> It stoppped to work when I switched from 1.5mb ADSL to 3 mb ADSL and
> was working before.
> All desktops continue to work with this switch with no problems.
> By the way I tried to do an alternate Configuration it wasn't working
> either.