Greetings--

This may be a bit "off the wall", but it may work, depending on your router's features. Does your router allow you to clone a MAC address? If so, will it allow you to CHOOSE which MAC address to clone? If you can see all of your computers in one or another of your router's configuration screens (DHCP client list?), is it possible to have the router clone the MAC address of the "French speaking" computer and enable communication by that expedient? (Or is it possible that such cloning was already done, and the router now considers the cloned MAC a conflict?) .....just a few possibilities. I had a D-Link router, and it didn't last very long, nor did one at a person's house, where I did some network troubleshooting.

Paul A. Shippert
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 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Dean K. Kukral" <[log in to unmask]>
> Thanks for your suggestions.
> 
> I tried turning off the router and ipV6 (it didn't exactly turn off - 
> there were no checks - but went into a diminished state of operation; 
> did I miss something?)  It didn't help.
> 
> As I noted in another post, it seems as if my modem speaks English and 
> French, my computer speaks French, and my router speaks English.  The 
> computer seems to recognize the presence of an "unidentified network," 
> but does not communicate with it.
> 
> I tried using a PCI Ethernet card which I have used in the past, but I 
> had the same problem.  Recognized an unidentified network, but would not 
> talk.
> 
> Dean
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "GeorgeMary Skokan" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 9:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] D-Link DIR-655 Connection Problem
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
> <snip> 
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