[gui-talk] home network problem

[Arliedog]

My son is at a loss as to what the problem is with a home network he is trying to
expand.
To start with he has a Belkin wireless router which also has four ports connected
to a cable modem.  He had one computer cabled to the router that worked fine and
was able to use his notebook through the wireless.  Everything worked great.  Well
this weekend he received his new Dell computer so he decided to move one computer
to another room and hook both desktops to the router through two of the ports.  His
new computer had no problem connecting to the net but now his old computer can not
establish a connection.
He has tried the following with no success.
He unplugged the new computer and lleft the old one plugged into the router and still
no connection.
He plugged his old computer directly into the cable modem and it worked great.
He tried to re install the software on the old computer and the setup failed saying
failed connection.
He called Belkin and they blamed his computer although it was working fine before
adding the new computer to the router.
He has moved the cables around to all available ports on the router as well as switching cables.

Anyone got any ideas?
Thanks
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My son is at a loss as to what the problem is with a home network he is trying to
expand.
To start with he has a Belkin wireless router which also has four ports connected
to a cable modem.  He had one computer cabled to the router that worked fine and
was able to use his notebook through the wireless.  Everything worked great.  Well
this weekend he received his new Dell computer so he decided to move one computer
to another room and hook both desktops to the router through two of the ports.  His
new computer had no problem connecting to the net but now his old computer can not
establish a connection.
He has tried the following with no success.
He unplugged the new computer and lleft the old one plugged into the router and still
no connection.
He plugged his old computer directly into the cable modem and it worked great.
He tried to re install the software on the old computer and the setup failed saying
failed connection.
He called Belkin and they blamed his computer although it was working fine before
adding the new computer to the router.
He has moved the cables around to all available ports on the router as well as switching cables.
Anyone got any ideas?
Thanks