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Internet connection on LAN
I am working on a new Win7 build and have not been able to get an internet connection on my (MSHOME) LAN.
I have a Belkin 4 port router and a DSL modem. Two XP Home computers on my LAN connect OK. The new Win7 has problems.
After assigning a static IP address of 186.192.2.8 to the W7 computer I can share with the XP computers and sign in on the router. (I have not been able to get W7 to share in the DHCP pool. This inability to obtain a DHCP address also happened on a previous W7 build that I aborted due to mobo issues. Their too I had to assign a static IP address.)
AVG Internet Suite firewall network 186.192.2.1 - 2.8 assigned as safe.
I get a network picture of the W7 computer connected to an unknown network (public) and a red X between the network and the internet.
I tried to rename the unknown network "MSHOME" but have been unable to do so. I did not attempt to make a W7 workgroup as I understand it would not work with this OS mixture.
I am just "spinning my wheels" now.
Time to ask for help----please.