I have already rebooted and reset defaults on the router as
well as the cable modem, and also tried connecting directly
to the cable modem, bypassing the router completely.  I am
able to ping the pc via 127.0.0.1 (loopback?), and with the
router connected can ping other pc's hooked up to the router
as well as from another pc to the problem pc.  Without the
router, there is no firewall issue, the cable modem does not
have firewall nor does the pc.

Paul Hachmeyer wrote:
>
> Installed speedstream 2604 router w/ aol broadband and
> toshiba pcx2200 cable modem.  Hooked up 4 identical ibm
> pII-266's, all working fine w/ aol v 8.0 and win98se. Tried
> to switch 1 pc to an hp pII-266, also with aol 8.0 and
> win98se, but can't get past router/modem. I can ping other
> pc's connected to router and the HP from another connected
> pc, router software shows connected as 192.168.254.7, others
> are ...254.2, ...254.3 or...254.4.  Tried releasing and
> renewing ip from pc, dropping all connections from router,
> rebooting modem and router. Went thru AOL help (2x),
> Speedstream help (3x), Time Warner (2x). All settings appear
> correct to all of them.
> Reinstalled tcp/ip, tried 2 used nics, currently have a new
> nic installed.  Downgraded IE to version 5.  AOL version 8
> (also reinstalled 2x) just won't recognize connection and I
> can't ping past the router or modem.  Also, router does not
> recognize http://192.168.254.254 which is supposed to launch
> setup wizard resident on router. (works from other connected
> pc's).
> I also connected directly to the cable modem, same results -
> no access to isp, modem does not recognize setup wizard
> access via http from IE5.
> Suspect problem with dhcp, a friend said defaults might be
> 1-4, and 7 isn't in that range, but he doesn't know where to
> go to fix it.  (What happened to 5 & 6?).
> Any ideas on what else to try or how to change dhcp range?
> Problem with IE5?  Have not yet reinstalled this, had v 6
> and downgraded to 5...
>
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