"(!)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> what have you changed.............
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> have you added SP3 maybe....that plays tricks with some cards in my case
> d-Link.
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> if you have not change anything and other comps are Ok then I might
> suspect hardware.
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Not aware anything had been changed.... but tracked down the problem:
somehow the IP addressed assigned to the card had changed dramatically;
manually assigned it a correct no. within the range of 50 allowed by the
router, and it all works fine now. Dunno how it got changed, but thanks for
your reply & your interest in solving my problem

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