Thanks for the response.

DHCP is the method I use for all my other OSs and it seems to work. We have a block of IP numbers for this home network. I thought our router was assigning them dynamically when we connect. However, my brother has been trying to set up a network in house between a Vista ...

I installed Salix on a machine that currently has Vista Home Edition and Paardus 2009.1. The Lilo configuration tool during install recognized both Vista and Paardus, but failed to include Paardus in the boot choices available at bootup. I need a working OS, preferrably Linux, so I can troubleshoot ...