help with networking/internet

Tyrant^

ok proplem is i cant connect to the internet through my home network
this wireless laptop can connect but im trying to setup the desktop to be connected to the LINKSYS router i have ... i had it connected before but i just finished installing lots of upgrades new motherboard and harddrive etc ... lost all the settings and stuff
tried using the internet connection wizard and home network wizard they dont seem to be working .... i cant figure it out
someone please help
starting to pull out my hair

Orion

You need to check your IP settings. Set them to obtain addresses automatically - you must have some hard addresses in there.

If that doesn't work, check the IP settings on the laptop and duplicate them on the desktop - except for the IP address which has to be unique. For example if the laptops IP is 192.168.42.100 set the desktop to 192.168.42.101.

Tyrant^

think i got it now there was a driver on the cd i got with the motherboard for the lan adapter think its sorted now

Orion

ah ok - I thought you meant you'd lost all the IP settings not the network card itself