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Originally posted by rcecale
Allen,
Couple more questions for you...
1.) When you get this error, are both your desktop AND laptop turned on and connected to the network (wired or wireless)?
2.) If they are both connected, check the IP address of both pc's. Open a command prompt and type IPCONFIG and hit Enter.
If the addresses of both computers are the same, change the TCP/IP settings for each computer to have a static IP address. This way your router won't hand out the same one to each computer. (Not sure why it would be doing that, but this should cure it.)
If both PCs have DIFFERENT addresses, you may have a different issue. How close are you to your neighbor's house? It's possible they could be piggy-backing onto your wireless network and picking up an address already assigned to your computer.
You can solve this problem with a few config changes to your router/access point. Turn on MAC filtering and tell the router which MAC addresses to allow onto your network. Also, turn off "broadcasting" of your router/access point's SSID. And third, enable WEP Encryption and assign WEP keys to each PC's network card.
If this all seems too deep, post back and we'll walk you through it. I've got a Linksys wireless router and an access point installed, and they are really pretty simple to configure. Just have to get past all the jargon. 
Randy
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Randy -- the error happens when the laptop is not in use. I've just enabled WEP encryption (I think). Hopefully, this will fix the problem... If not, you may be getting a PM from me for more specifics
Thanks!