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I would suggest connecting directly to the router with a ethernet cable - after bring up a DOS prompt - see if you can ping 192.168.1.1 - (ping 192.168.1.1) which by default is the router. If you get timeout then that means no. Power cycle router with your PC connected to router - see if you can ping that address...IF so bring up a brower - put 192.168.1.1 into the URL filed - log on - and check to see how your wireless is configured. I’ve seen that message b4 and it’s ususal an indicatinon thatyou are not able to authenicate on your wireless network. Re-type the key - perhap change your SSID. after doing that disconnect PC - reboot the PC - and try again.

I rarely post comments here - but I completely agree - if Joel Osteen represents Christianity I want nothing to do with it. Jesus calls for a life of sacrifice - that the path to follow him is hard. Listening to Osteen is like listening to Jim Baker years ago. The “gospel” of prosperity is an abomination to the teachings of Christ...

On my main home pc I run linux - I have a “VM” type app called VirtualBox installed that allows me to install a virtual Windows XP. The XP thinks his network is 10.0.2.0 - in this virtual enviroment. This VM XP can ping devices on my 192.168.1.0 network - my router, my mythtv, VOIP box, etc - but this is possible because my Linux computer NATs the XP source address (10.0.2.15) to the linux interface address (192.168.1.111). But that only works for traffic origination from the XP VM - if I’m on my mythtv computer - and try to ping to 10.0.2.15 - that packet will get sent to the router. I would have to have a static route on my mythtv computer essentially saying for any packets going to 10.0.2.0 send them to 192.168.1.111....and to muddle the process more - the 192.168.1.111 - when he received that packet - would think that it was for him - he would not know that it was for the XP device. VirtualBox has some way to handle that case - but in the default install - which is what I using - that’s the way it works. I think VMware does things differently - not sure...

Not to be picky but a mask of 255.255.255.248 allows 6 usable addresses....255.255.255.252 would allow for only a couple (2). A subnet mask is used ONLY by the local host (computer, router, whatever) when it has a IP packet to send - it uses the mask to make it’s one routing decision - (1) does this packet have a destination address for devices on my local network - if so it will “flood” out a query packets to all local devices asking “who has this IP address” or (2) this packet is not meant for anyone on my local network and therefore I will send this packet to may default gateway (typically your router). That is the only purpose for the mask - is a packet that I need to send out my interface local or not).....

I could not agree more - this movie stunk at so many level...I still can’t get over the tantrum that Kirk had on the bridge and Spock actually had him expelled off the skip to a passing ice planet - where we could enjoy the hero run from a monster right into a cave that - hold it!.....drum role please!....SPOCK is hiding in! And then they walk to the nearest Star Fleet camp and ....hold it...another drum role!....Scotty is waiting!....Man the writers on this are great....and hey!...What about Chekov...a 17 year super cadet....

If you like Beverly Hills, 90210 you will love this lot of metrosexuals....