As Chuck stated - not much detail provided. However an address in the 169
range is assigned by XP when DNS services are not available - and allow
communication within the network but not outside (Internet). With TCP/IP
properties set to obtain IP address automatically the router should provide
addresses in the 192 range. You stated "If I force feed it the
>router ip 192.168.1.107, still nothing." Doing so should have generated a
>message stating that the address could not be assigned since it was in use
>e.g. router.