New at this forum...posted on XP forum..two very nice member tried to help but I thought this forum might be more appropriate. I have two computers connected to the internet by an SMC barricade router. The 'main' computer, which the cable modem and router are connected, runs Windows XP. I was surfing the net when suddenly I got the message: 'cannot find server...'. I am not able to connect to the internet on this computer now. Get the usual 'cannot find server....' message (my browser is internet explorer). I can receive email in outlook express on this computer. The other computer connected to this network (running windows 98) is able to connect to the internet. I restarted the computer...didn't help. I ran network diagnostics and I get the message: Network Adapters failed. When I expanded this messsage, one of the lines read: IPAddress=192.168.2.16 (failed). I don't know what that means! I went into device manager to check the network card and it said device was working properly. I also restored the computer back to the day before when it was working properly. Didn't help either. This morning I turned everything off, computer, modem, router and plugged back in--still same problem. Apologies for the length of post...tried to give as much info as possible. Thanks, in advance. kaybree

can you ping a public IP? this step by step troubleshooting may help, http://www.howtonetworking.com/Internet/internetaccess0.htm

You can't rely on device manager to always identify defective hardware. Can you try another NIC or even try re-seating it? Peter

I've had something similar on ME. Rolling back didn't cure it, but restoring the registry to an earleir state did! Hope this helps Neil