Hi Viv

The old XP machine that the new Windows 7 machine is replacing works plugged into the router using the same network cable, but yes I will trying pinging the router to see if I get a reply tomorrow

>>Hi
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>>I'm looking after a customer who has several machines on a peer to peer network. All of the machines a XP PRO SP3
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>>All of the machines are plugged into a DLINK router, this gives them access to the internet.
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>>All of the machines detect the network settings automatically, IE no fixed IP Address, no fixed default gateway, no fixed subnet max or first DNS Address, or Secondary DNS Address
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>>One of the machines has been replaced by a Windows 7 Home machine.
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>>The windows 7 machine does not appear to be detecting the settings automatically. I've brought this machine back to my office and plugged it into my router and the settings have been detected, and it accesses the internet fine.
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>>Is there something I am missing? I do I work out the settings that one of the machines is using?
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>>Any help extremley appreciated
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>(a) the clients router is handing out IP addresses since the other machines work
>(b) the Win7 machine is configured correctly to use default settings since it works with your router.
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>So the obvoius thing to check would be the physical network connection between the Win7 machine and the router at the clients site.
>Have you tried pinging the router from the Win7 machine there?