Well, as you can see your router has responded to the ARP request giving you the MAC address matching its IP (219.206.244.100 and 00-06-25-e6-47-07). This means that the ethernet works. Your cables are OK and the switch is working too. You have a problem with TCP/IP configuration or a firewall or routing tables.

The TCP/IP configuration problem is quite apparent from the NICs IP address too - you have a 169.254.x.x addy there which just can not work if your other devices have addresses from another network.

Have any of the default configurations on the router been changed? Usually a home router will come configured and ready to go. If any changes have been made, set everything back to default. And with all of the posts that have been made and the tests you have tried, it is hard to get a picture of what your network looks like currently. Can you summarize which devices are connected where, leaving out the tivo and xbox?

Ok, I attached a quick MS Paint drawing of it. If you want more detail [IP's Subnet ect] just ask, and I'll do it. Thanks for all your help so far!!

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It might make things easier if you were to enable DHCP as mentioned earlier by StormBringer. Then see where we go from there.

DHCP is enabled..that is why on the second time I pinged it had an IP of 169.....

That is APIPA. I meant setting DCHP on the router. Probably not a lot of difference though.

Sorry, I didn't clarify myself. But yes, DHCP is [and was] enabled

Are both your switch and router Linksys models? If so, ensure that both are not set to have an ip address of 192.168.1.1. Change the switch to 192.168.1.2

How do I change the switch?

If you've enable DHCP why are you using 169.254.x.x. Your router is probably set to 192.168.1.1

It was set to use the IP DHCP gives it. I'll re-try it with manual IP.

169.254.x.x is the address range Windows uses when it doesn't find a DHCP,

Ok, I just pinged with the manual IP, and pinged my router. It got 1 reply, and the IP of 2 other computers [the only 2 that are turned on right now].


C:\Documents and Settings\Brian>ping 219.206.244.100

Pinging 219.206.244.100 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 219.206.244.100: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=150
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 219.206.244.100:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 1, Lost = 3 (75% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Brian>arp -a

Interface: 219.206.244.102 --- 0x2
Internet Address Physical Address Type
219.206.244.100 00-06-25-e6-47-07 dynamic
219.206.244.101 00-07-95-af-b0-a6 dynamic
219.206.244.200 00-e0-18-25-52-56 dynamic

This address belongs to SOFTBANK BB CORP. (219.206.244.100)

Your router should be on 192.168.1.1. Enter this in your browser and check that DHCP is actually enabled. Here you'll set the range for the addresses it hands out the default is 50 starting at 192.168.1.100 I believe.

Well, because I have wi-fi, I changed it to 219.206.244.100 instead of the 192.168.1.1...just an extra security meausre I guess. Yes, DHCP is enabled, as you could see that one computer was using DHCP [the 219.206.244.101].

Seems like it is too secure.
I sugest you use one of the private address

IP Address:
10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255
172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255
192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255

So use 172.16.0.0 for the router IP and 172.31.255.255 for the router subnet?

No. All subnets must be the same 255.255.255.0 will do fine.

Ok. I set the router as 192.168.1.1 with the subnet as 255.255.255.0
I manually set this computer as 192.168.1.102 subnet 255.255.255.0 default gateway 192.168.1.1 and DNS servers correctly.

C:\Documents and Settings\Brian>ping 192.168.1.1

Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

C:\Documents and Settings\Brian>arp -a

Interface: 192.168.1.102 --- 0x2
Internet Address Physical Address Type
192.168.1.1 00-06-25-e6-47-07 dynamic
219.206.244.200 00-e0-18-25-52-56 dynamic

Set the address as automatic and then restart Windows. In the Run box type cmd /k ipconfig to check what the address has been given to your machine.