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Originally Posted by hardflex

ok Today it's been up and running fine, wouldn't you know it I'll wait till there's a problem and then troubleshoot


One last question. What is that ARP that fixed it in the microsoft diagnostic? What is that an indicator for?

ARP is a way to get a local address, where an IP address is a way to address something globally.

It works like this.

You live on a street with a guy that hands out the mail for your street. When someone anywhere in the world wants to send you mail, they send it to your street address (123 Main Street, Anyhow town, USA). When the mail arrives, everyone on your street is in the clubhouse. The guy that hands out the mail for your street gets the mail and shouts "who lives at 123 Main St?". You shout back, "That's me, Mr Flex." The guy hands you your mail. ARP is the exchange between you and the mail handler in the clubhouse.

In your case, the mail handler is your home router, 192.168.15.1, the only place that ARP is significant is between your PC and the home router. If you can ping the router, then ARP is working.