Paul, that did the trick!  You get the golden trophy! :)

I went to Network > Properties > Manage Network Connection > Local Area 
Connection > Properties > Internet Protocol Version 4 > Properties > 
Alternate Configuration >  User Configured

and entered the numbers that I thought would work, based on an "ipconfig 
/all" on my working computer.  It took a little experimenting (two or 
three attempts), but I got it working.

WHEW!

The problem was that it was unable to get an ip address from the router. 
The ip address that it was using was one of the random ones - so it 
showed a network connection, but couldn't see anything.  I still don't 
know why it couldn't get an address, but it couldn't.  My D-Link router 
setup has a checkbox, "always broadcast" for "(compatibility for some 
DHCP Clients)."   I never tried checking that.  Perhaps it would have 
worked.  I will try that on the other computer that I am building, 
maybe, but it looks like a possible risk.

Thanks to everyone who took their time to help me with this.  I have 
been struggling with it (and other problems) for about a week, and I 
appreciate your suggestions.

Dean Kukral


----- Original Message <----------- Messages Edited for brevity and 
clarity
From: "Paul A. Shippert" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 3:30 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] D-Link DIR-655 Connection Problem


Greetings again Dean--

By displaying the properties of your network connection, you can 
highlight the TCP/IP protocol, click properties and you'll see a General 
and an Alternate Configuration tab. If you click on the Alternate 
Configuration tab, you can assign IP address, gateway address, subnet 
mask, etc. I have done this in order to use the scheduling feature of my 
router. I disallow Internet access at certain times by designating the 
IP address range and all ports as "blocked" during certain days and 
hours. In any case, using this properties feature will allow you to 
assign IP addresses in the network you want to use.

HTH

Paul A. Shippert

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Dean K. Kukral" <[log in to unmask]>
> Russ, you are absolutely correct.  The ip address is not in the range
> that I specified on the router.  When I reserved an ip address for the
> pc in the router (to avoid conflict with my TIVO), it did not get that
> address either.
>
> So, how do I get the pc to get the correct address?  I tried a release
> and a renew to no avail.
>
> Dean
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Russ Poffenberger" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 12:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] D-Link DIR-655 Connection Problem
>
>
> Dean,
>
> Try to find out what IP address is being assigned to the PC. It should
> be in
> the same network subnet as the router (I assume 192.168.0.x). You can
> find
> out what IP address is assigned by opening a command window (Start ->
> Run,
> enter "cmd", then enter), and in that command window, entering 
> "ipconfig
> /all". If the subnet is wrong, then the PC is not getting assigned the
> right
> IP address.
>
> Russ Poffenberger
> [log in to unmask]
> >
> >
> > > Date:    Sun, 17 Feb 2008 06:44:44 -0600
> > > From:    "Dean K. Kukral" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Subject: D-Link DIR-655 Connection Problem
> > >
> > > My new build connects with the internet when plugged
> > directly into my
> > > WildBlue satellite modem, but not when plugged into my router.
> >

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