Hi everyone:

I believe I may have posted this elsewhere as well, and apologize for any double-ups. 
I just want to put this on the record for others to find in case they have the same 
problem.

D-Link tech support was great but their solution was to exchange the unit. I eventually 
plugged in my laptop and it worked, so I concluded it had to be a set-up thing between 
Desktop Computer A and Desktop Computer B, both running XP Home. 

I began investigating all the settings again, and strangely, the laptop and computer 
A (which could talk to one another) had different things installed under 'This connection 
uses the following items'—contrary to the advice I had read. So I knew that the differences 
would not be a major problem.

Anyway, I went to Configure the network card on B and a message came up saying that 
if I went in, some of my new settings would disappear. This didn't happen with either 
A or the laptop, so I knew something was up.

The laptop and the B have the same family of network card, yet under the 'Advanced' 
tab, the laptop had 'Link Speed/Duplex Mode' on 'Automatic' (which is what B was 
set to).

However, after I set B to '10 Full Mode' ('10 Half Mode' also worked), I could do 
everything!

Just for clarity, A has a different type of network card and only has 'Line Speed' 
as the sole property under 'Advanced'. It's set on 'TP Half Duplex'.

So there you have it: I went _against_ all the rules, have totally different settings 
between the machines, and it all works!

Regards,

Jack
www.jackyan.com

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