XP Network Problem

[den]

The office has a shiny new PC (Intel 2.4GHz Dual core cpu, 1GB Ram, Leadtek FX1500 256MB OpenGL certified video card.) I can get it to connect to the office LAN and see other PCs/Print/Share files through the DLink router.

I am buggered if I can get it to connect to the net. I've tried all the setup procedures I can think of but I'm not a confident hacker and XP's lack of configureability is beating me. Please throw suggestions at me. ("switch to Mac/Linux" will earn a tongue-poke.)

Comments

[camstone.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, sounds like a firewall issue. Did the Network router accept the configuration of the new PC's IP address for routing "net" requests out to the rest of the world?

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

The router lets the new PC see other pcs on the network, but no connection to the outside world. I can't log on to the router from the new PC either.