Have you tried powering off the modem and router?  Then power on modem then router, then PC

Christopher C. Charles
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> Sent: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 06:44:44 -0600
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> Subject: [PCBUILD] 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
> :(    (Networking is not my forte!)
> 
> Dean Kukral
> 
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