Dean, sometimes when I attach a Vista machine to my network I see 
something similar.   If you have tried turning off, or allowing local 
network traffice (network neighborhood), in your firewall, the other 
thing that I usually have to do is uncheck ipV6 in the connection 
properties.  It usually sees the local network after that.    HTH    George

> 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.
>
> My home network hub is a D-Link DIR-655 router, wireless with four 
> Ethernet plug-in ports.  This has worked well for some time, but I did 
> use Network Magic to aid me in making everything work and share 
> together.  Three computers were using Vista, there are two TIVO wireless 
> connections, and one HP wireless printer.
>
> I am replacing one computer with a new build using Vista Premium along 
> with an Asus Striker II Formula motherboard, an Asus EN8800GTX video 
> card, a QX9650 processor, two Gig of Corsair memory, and a 1200 watt 
> PCP&C power supply.  (I have had a few problems with this combination, 
> but it does seem to work, more or less.  The ASUS mb has some tricky 
> power saving and overclocking stuff on it.)
>
> As far as I can tell, the workgroup, SSID, etc. have all been set up the 
> same as for the older computer, but no Network Magic.  (I would like to 
> get away from using this and learn how to connect this myself.)  The 
> Network and Sharing center shows a connection to a "Public network" 
> (which I change to private, but to no avail), but there is an X over the 
> line from the LAN to the Internet.
>
> The only thing tricky (other than Network Magic) about this setup is 
> that I have reserved IP numbers on the router.  I found that this seemed 
> to be necessary, or, at least useful, to avoid IP conflicts with the 
> TIVO connections.  After I reserved the IP numbers the problems with the 
> TIVO connections disappeared.
>
> I don't know where to go from here short of installing Network Magic 
-- 
GeorgeMary Skokan	skokans at gmail dot com

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