[Grandpa Kim]

Wardad said:

Can you still transfer files between systems?

Never could, still can't, gave up trying. With my new computer now Online, we should try again, in fact I am trying and getting nowhere.

Could be the router setup. His IP may not have permissions to reach the internet.

Router? Hub? Same thing? If so, there seems to be no "setup" utility for this.

Slynky said:

192.168.0.1

I think that IP is reserved for "home networking".

Try what Geo said in the CMD prompt and ping that. If that isn't right, pull your info on the router out and see.

The ping times out and I cannot yet verify that is correct for this hub. Nothing in the documentation; I'll try the site. BTW mine is a Linksys, 5 Port Network Hub, only months old.

Geoschmo said:

change it to "Obtain IP address automatically"

Slynky said:

But if you can't ping the router, then the first and easiest thing to look for is something that happens periodically to my "people" in the area I support...right-click on My Network Places and take a look at your Local Area Connection. Change the display to "Details" if it isn't already on it (usually, it's set on stupid default of Big Icon). Then take a look to make sure the connection is enabled instead of disabled.

Geo, Slynky, I can't! For some reason I do not have "View network connections" which leads to "Local Area Connections" which leads to the TCP/IP protocol where I can change this. I can get to it easy on my wife's computer but the selection does not even exist on mine. I tried rerunning the Network setup wizard without improvement.

I checked the physical connection and indicator lights again and tried a different cable. Lights are correct, and other indicators agree. The hardware is fine as far as I can tell. My best guess(though feeble and uneducated) is that the IP address is somehow invalid. If I could just get to it...

Oh, and once again thanks for all the help. At the very least it is steering me away from some of my more useless efforts and toward what might get the job done. Thanks a million guys. ... LOL. I just realized you guys never asked if I called tech support. No I didn't. All they'd do is point the finger at the other guy.