Windows Vista RC1 can't see my router

>
> Hi
>
> This should find and install it
>
> http://www.networkmagic.com/download/
>
> cheers
>
> K/
>
>

> >
> > I recently purchased a Creative/Broadsenx Broadband Blaster DSL router for
> > use with my Vista PC through the ethernet port. There are no other pc's
> > attached to the network, nor third party software installed and I even
> > have
> > turned off the windows firewall, but to no avail. Windows senses that the
> > device is there but it seems unable to communicate with it. I have
> > assigned
> > manually IP addresses to both the router and the computer to make sure
> > that
> > they are in the same network and made sure Vista understands it is in a
> > private network. Still no luck. The Ipconfig command reveals some IP
> > information (mostly unintelligible to me) about the router but when I
> > tried
> > to ping it using its home address at 192.168.1.1 but the dreaded "host is
> > unreachable" message appears. My guess is that the new TCP/IP protocol
> > stack
> > in windows vista is making my life difficult since the router works
> > perfectly
> > under Windows XP. When trying the "diagnose wizard" Vista points the
> > finger
> > at the router but the solutions it proposes again doesn't work. Any ideas
> > would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
> >
> >
> >
> >

>
>

> Many thanks to Keith for his support. I certainly did not expect such a quick
> response. I'm certainly going to follow his suggestion and see if my troubles
> are finally over.
>
> In any event, the situation is less desperate now than it was when I first
> posted. I forgot to mention that my router has also an USB connection and it
> turned out, against my expectations, that the USB driver is
> forward-compatible with windows Vista. Since I installed it is running
> without a hitch. Not bad, I suppose, for an old modem router which only costs
> me $30.
>
> Unfortunately, now I'm too scared to go back to the ethernet port in case
> things got screwed up again. I will however take the risk for the progress of
> science. I will report back in due course. It really shouldn't be that
> difficult....
>
> "Keith D" wrote:
>

> >
> > Hi
> >
> > This should find and install it
> >
> > http://www.networkmagic.com/download/
> >
> > cheers
> >
> > K/
> >
> >

> > >
> > > I recently purchased a Creative/Broadsenx Broadband Blaster DSL router for
> > > use with my Vista PC through the ethernet port. There are no other pc's
> > > attached to the network, nor third party software installed and I even
> > > have
> > > turned off the windows firewall, but to no avail. Windows senses that the
> > > device is there but it seems unable to communicate with it. I have
> > > assigned
> > > manually IP addresses to both the router and the computer to make sure
> > > that
> > > they are in the same network and made sure Vista understands it is in a
> > > private network. Still no luck. The Ipconfig command reveals some IP
> > > information (mostly unintelligible to me) about the router but when I
> > > tried
> > > to ping it using its home address at 192.168.1.1 but the dreaded "host is
> > > unreachable" message appears. My guess is that the new TCP/IP protocol
> > > stack
> > > in windows vista is making my life difficult since the router works
> > > perfectly
> > > under Windows XP. When trying the "diagnose wizard" Vista points the
> > > finger
> > > at the router but the solutions it proposes again doesn't work. Any ideas
> > > would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >

> >
> >