pinguyos

I find this whole thing quite confusing. I should have realized that its NOT a router issue per say, because I'm typing this from my Vista PC upstairs, using a wireless USB stick.
I just went into the router from upstairs PC and copied the info listed for the linux box downstairs, its as follows:

Not sure why its showing as ethernet, but thats apparently part of the problem.

PC Name: mint Connection Type: [/t] [/t][/t][/t] Ethernet [/t] [/l] [/t][/t][/t][/t][/t] IP Address:192.168.1.3[/t] Status:Inactive Remote Access: Enabled [/l][/t][/t] Host:mintIP Address:192.168.1.3 Subnet Mask:255.255.255.0 MAC Address:00:16:b6:55:d7:f2 Network Connection:Bridge Lease Type:Dynamic [/l][/t]

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