Networking Issue

keyboard · May-31-2004

i have at least 4 pc at home and shifted my isp for dsl, at the first day all pc was workin fine until one of my pc which have an os of windows 2003 eventually got disconnected from my LAN. (all 4 pc's have been connected to a LAN sharin files and internet connection). I reformated my pc with different OS but still it wont let me connect to my LAN. I tried to change my LAN card but didnt worked either. any suggestions and help will be highly appreciated.

dreamnid · Jun-10-2004

Is it getting a valid IP address assigned by your router (Linksys routers usually gives out 192.168.1.xxx addys)? You can check this by going to the command prompt and typing "ifconfig". Can you ping the gateway (usually 192.168.1.1)?