Ethernet connection with Vista

> Can you connect the vista to the router using Cat 5 cable? Also posting the
> result of ipconfig /all here may help.
>
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> "Jo" <Jo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B1F9D608-4C4E-41AC-8EB1-4E2FDD93B6E9@microsoft.com...

> > Before my son took his laptop to a LAN party we could easily switch back
> > and
> > forth between wireless and wired connection to our Linsys WRT54G router.
> > One
> > of the guys at the LAN party changed settings somewhere so they could hook
> > up. Since then the laptop will only connect wirelessly to our home
> > network
> > and I can't figure out how to make a hard wire connection.

>

> Thank you but in the mean time I found it. They had set the IPs to a
> specific address rather than auto.
>
> "Robert L. (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>

>> Can you connect the vista to the router using Cat 5 cable? Also posting
>> the
>> result of ipconfig /all here may help.
>>
>> --
>> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
>> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
>> http://www.ChicagoTech.net
>> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
>> http://www.HowToNetworking.com
>>
>>
>> "Jo" <Jo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B1F9D608-4C4E-41AC-8EB1-4E2FDD93B6E9@microsoft.com...

>> > Before my son took his laptop to a LAN party we could easily switch
>> > back
>> > and
>> > forth between wireless and wired connection to our Linsys WRT54G
>> > router.
>> > One
>> > of the guys at the LAN party changed settings somewhere so they could
>> > hook
>> > up. Since then the laptop will only connect wirelessly to our home
>> > network
>> > and I can't figure out how to make a hard wire connection.

>>