I was having intermittent problems with connections on my xp computer. The modem is connected directly to my onboard ethernet port. I ran the network diagnostics in XP's help and support and everything passed except this: [00000001] Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC (FAILED) When I opened that tab it showed this as the only failure: DHCPServer = 192.168.1.1 (FAILED) 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) Everything else passed, just this DHCP server. What does this mean? Is it an internet issue, modem issue, ethernet port issue? Thanks Asus P5N-E SLI Intel Dual Core E6750 2.66Ghz Asus EN8600GTS 256Meg 2 gig Crucial 800Mhz DDR2 WD 320 gig SATA 2 Lite On 20x20 DVD-RW CoolerMaster Mystique case w/500 watt PSU

Update, I opened the command prompt and did the ping 127.0.0.1 which is supposed to test my NIC and it came back as 4 packets send and received, no losses so I think the NIC is fine. Also, I'm using Zone alarm but I deactived it for the test. Otherwise, I can access the internet fine, get my mail, etc, just wonder what this DHCP server failure could be. Asus P5N-E SLI Intel Dual Core E6750 2.66Ghz Asus EN8600GTS 256Meg 2 gig Crucial 800Mhz DDR2 WD 320 gig SATA 2 Lite On 20x20 DVD-RW CoolerMaster Mystique case w/500 watt PSU

This could be DHCP server on your modem. Just check settings of your modem and make sure DCHP server is turned off Take a breath...

Ok, thanks, I'll look into that. Asus P5N-E SLI Intel Dual Core E6750 2.66Ghz Asus EN8600GTS 256Meg 2 gig Crucial 800Mhz DDR2 WD 320 gig SATA 2 Lite On 20x20 DVD-RW CoolerMaster Mystique case w/500 watt PSU