label: try a different cable. that might be your problem. it worked for my buddy.
as for me, i did try a different cable and no go. but i do have a question for any networking gurus. in my network connections dialog in windows xp, my network card is set to autosense. however, there is another icon called "Internet Gateway." When I click on this, it says 10.0Mbps. I have a linksys router with 4 port 10/100 switch. i also have a cable modem. is there anyway i can change the internet gateway to 100Mbps?