Hi, my network onnection on my old laptop was cable LAN/High-Speed internet.
I switched the cable to my new laptop (internet works), but now I can't get
internet access on my old laptop anymore when I put back the cable. Why
can't I switch cables to get internet on both laptops? How do I connect to
the internet on my old laptop? Thanks for your help.
Rufina

In article <0BFB1F1C-158D-4005-B982-80B66EFAB488@microsoft.com>,
Rufina <Rufina@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>Hi, my network onnection on my old laptop was cable LAN/High-Speed internet.
>I switched the cable to my new laptop (internet works), but now I can't get
>internet access on my old laptop anymore when I put back the cable. Why
>can't I switch cables to get internet on both laptops? How do I connect to
>the internet on my old laptop? Thanks for your help.
>Rufina

Do I understand correctly that you have a cable modem Internet
connection? If so, try turning the cable modem off and back on after
you switch it from one computer to the other.
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Have you rebooted the machine with cable back into it or have yot do a
release / renew of the ip address?



On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 23:21:02 -0700, Rufina
<Rufina@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hi, my network onnection on my old laptop was cable LAN/High-Speed internet.
>I switched the cable to my new laptop (internet works), but now I can't get
>internet access on my old laptop anymore when I put back the cable. Why
>can't I switch cables to get internet on both laptops? How do I connect to
>the internet on my old laptop? Thanks for your help.
>Rufina