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Yep, did a full spyware sweep with Spybot and AdAware, and a full virus scan with AVG - I have now installed a new hard drive, made the original one a slave, and installed XP Pro on the new drive - internet connects no problem now. Apparently XP Home has "issues"... Even when it worked...

LoopyLoo, I've tried the manual address approach, but nothing doing. It connects to the router, just won't get an IP address from the DHCP server. Did the same thing with the ethernet card and the wireless card.

Tried the TCP stack thing, tried setting the gateway to the router - what is the arp cache? Not sure what you mean abou the host file entries, how should I check that? Thank you both for replying, by the way, I really appreciate it!

Yep, have tried those 4 things - cannot ping the Macs, or even the router (even though it says I'm connected to it). No software firewall, and no McAfee or Norton stuff installed at all. I'm going to have to add another hard drive, make this one a slave, and do a fresh format then install on...

Okay... My PC connects to the internet through a Netgear router, as does my Powerbook and iBook. All of a sudden, the PC stopped getting its IP address from the router's DHCP server - it kept getting that 169.x.x.x address instead. The two Macs connect fine. I thought it was my PC's ethernet...