Hi George, Monday, December 29, 2003, 8:49:02 AM, you wrote: GC> Inge if a disk came with the router you may need to run its installation GC> program. The router may be over-riding XP and not being completely installed GC> it could be not automatically finding and using the right IP address. Guys, GC> is this a possibility? Does it make sense? I agree with Shubert also; turn off firewalls, get it working, then turn firewalls on one at a time. The more variables you have, the harder it is to fix a problem. As for the IP, Win2K and WinXP will automatically create an IP address if one isn't hard-coded and if there's no DHCP server to provide one. If the IP address looks like 169.254.*.*, then it's an automatically-assigned address. I don't see this as being the case when one computer is able to see the other but not vice versa. Another possibility, and John suggests, is that the router may have security turned on by default, so that the CD is needed to help adjust it. I don't see this as being the case when one computer is able to see the other but not vice versa. It's probably a firewall or Windows sharing/permission issue, though. John, most of the routers that I've seen lately assign an address of 192.168.1.*, with 192.168.1.1 being reserved for the router itself. I had 4 networks already using 192.168.0.*, and had to change all of them over to 192.168.1.*. --Scott. Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at http://www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.