Mystery WinXP Network problem

Hi All

I have a network with three computers: one WinXP and two Windows ME. The router is a Dlink DI-624. The Windows Me machines detect the network at boot up and function normally. The WinXP machines behaves like it sees the network and ZoneAlarm reports a Trusted zone at the IP address assigned by the router, but it is really not connected. If I pull out the network cable and plug it in again it reports a "Network Cable Disconnected" and than connects to the network just fine. If I try to look at the network from one of the Windows ME machines while the WinXP is disconnected, they take a long time and than declare that the network is not accessible. After the WinXP machine is connected this also works fine, except that when trying to actuaaly access the WinXP machine it asks for a password - there is nothing password protected on it, so this is a mystery too.

Any ideas how to solve this?

Thanks Colin

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Posted 5 years ago by Colin in Cable Modems

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