Dear Sir or Madame:I think the LAN in System B is what is causing the connection problem between System A and System B. It is the onboard LAN in the PC Chips A13G+ V3.0A Micro ATX board. The operating system is Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Version 2002 with Service Pack 3, No. 76477-OEM-0015717-31545.When I try to configure this LAN's IP address automatically IP Address 169.254.197.182 and subnet mask 255.255.0.0 are always assigned. When I try to configure it manually I cannot find an IP address that will work. According to Microsoft Help literature an IP address of the form 169.254.x.x and a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0 are configured by an automatin private networking application of Windows XP Professional rather than by DHCP. The status box for the connection in System B under "Support" reads "Automatic Private Address" for Address Type whereas the status box for the corresponding connection in System A under "Support" reads "Assigned by DHCP" for Address Type.Is there any way to change the address type to one assigned by DHCP? Regards, Peter Dooling1 person needs an answerI do too

Dear Sir or Madame:I think the LAN in System B is what is causing the connection problem between System A and System B. It is the onboard LAN in the PC Chips A13G+ V3.0A Micro ATX board. The operating system is Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Version 2002 with Service Pack 3, No. 76477-OEM-0015717-31545.When I try to configure this LAN's IP address automatically IP Address 169.254.197.182 and subnet mask 255.255.0.0 are always assigned. When I try to configure it manually I cannot find an IP address that will work. According to Microsoft Help literature an IP address of the form 169.254.x.x and a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0 are configured by an automatin private networking application of Windows XP Professional rather than by DHCP. The status box for the connection in System B under "Support" reads "Automatic Private Address" for Address Type whereas the status box for the corresponding connection in System A under "Support" reads "Assigned by DHCP" for Address Type.Is there any way to change the address type to one assigned by DHCP? Regards, Peter DoolingHow is System B connected -- wire or wireless? What is it connected to -- a router (make/model, please)?An Automatic Private IP Address (APIPA) is assigned when the network adapter is configured to obtain its IP address automatically from a DHCP server but, for whatever reason, the adapter is unable to get an IP address from the DHCP server.The usual reason for this is a misconfigured wireless network security setting. There are other possible causes, but they are far less likely.Please provide the following diagnostic information from System A (the one that works):1. Click Start, then type the three letters cmd into the Run box and click OK.2. Type this command and press Enter: ipconfig /all > "%UserProfile%\Desktop\ip.txt" {Enter}3. Open the file IP.txt on your desktop4. Copy and paste the text into your response.

LemP:Systems A and B and the modem are connected wired to an Asus W-520GU router. There are no wireless connections and the wireless radio is turned off. The IP diagnostic information for System A is:C:\Documents and Settings\Peter J. Dooling>ipconfig /allWindows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : SYSTEM-A Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : NoEthernet adapter Board-A Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-B9-CD-60-FE Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 68.237.161.12 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, September 26, 2010 5:23:23 PM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, September 27, 2010 5:23:23 PMEthernet adapter Local Area Connection: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Description . . . . . . . . . . . : ADMtek ADM8511 USB To Fast EthernetConverter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-5B-00-0A-4BTunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 80-00-FB-F9-93-F1-3C-47 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e74:8000:fbf9:93f1:3c47 IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::ffff:ffff:fffd%4 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : :: NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : DisabledTunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C0-A8-01-02 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.2%2 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1 fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1 fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled Regards, Peter Dooling