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Originally Posted by Clive Long {snip} |
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if you're correctly picking up an IP address via DHCP, the router's processor is still functioning, and executing its code.
Turn off XP's firewall for confidence (although it doesn't interfere with outgoing pings) and ping the router on 192.168.1.1
then open a cmd box and examine the contents of your arp cache ("arp -a")
If you have an entry in there for the router's MAC address then that's good. Either way, post again.
Don't bother calling DELL; it's unlikely to help this side of midnight.
EDIT: I couldn't tell from your last post: with the wireless switched off, was the PC being assigned an IP address on the UTP port?