I am having a terrible time connecting to the INET with a certain setup of mine. I will list the hardware below first then explain more. Vista Ultimate 64 w/ SP1 4GB of DDR DC RAM Asus L1N64-SLI Mobo with nForce 680a chipset Dual 8800 GTX in SLI AMD FX-74 CPU x 2 Onboard LAN x 2 - Marvell 88E1116 PHY Support / Firewall Function / Teaming Functions / Wake from S5 nVIdia LAN drivers (nforce): 67.72 (1.00.01.06772) Windows Drivers: nvmfdx64.sys (1.0.1.6772, 1.42 MB 3/19/2008 Winsock Version: 6.0.6001.18000 - 15 KB or 15,360 bytes What I want to do is plug the CAT 6 cable that comes from the network center downstairs in my basement directly to this PC via ETH 0 / LAN 0 ...sorry a big Linux geek here. I disabled the 2nd LAN adapter and assigned one of the static IP's I have for personal use here in my room and could not get out to the "net". Below are my settings for this machine. IP: 208.71.147.195 NM: 255.255.255.240 GW: 208.71.147.193 DNS: 216.133.162.10 DNS: 216.132.145.30 This PC is given the name "gamepc" and the FQDN is "gamepc.dap-studios.us" (in the System Properties). NOTE: "dap-studios.us" resolves to this IP for - FTP, etc. Each of my machines here in the room are on the workgroup "DAP" as well. I am no way a newbie or expert to Vista or Windows in general (Linux being my expertise), however, this one stumps me because it was working like this bout 8 months ago. At that time I just installed a cheapoD-Link 6 port wired router and setup the static info there and set each workstation PC via a static IP as well. I hostpart oflarge wireless ISP infrastructurehere at my house and act as a sector because of my tall ham radio tower. Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : gamepc Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : dap-studios.us Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : dap-studios.us Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller Physical Address. . . . . . . . . :-------------------------------------- DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2(Preferred) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 216.133.162.10 216.132.145.30 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled I tried the usual as far as trying the automated Diagnose procedures and manually looking at each file that I thougt was relevant, but with no luck. My thinking is that there is some OLD data or network related info in the registry or somewhere that is conflicting with my current setup. I dont use DHCP at all or IPv6 (from upstairs here), nor any other protocol except TCP/IP (the usual v4 ways). If anyone has any suggestions,I would be greatly appreciative. I don't mind getting my hands ditry so to speak (i.e. reading lots of white papers, etc.), but just need a tad of Vista specific help