Okay, I got it.. after countless wasted time on the phone with tech support.. I figured out two things.. if you don't put the WEP security code in exactly correct as in a CAP E instead of lower case E, the router will not be able to assign an IP address and that the new girl at Xbox support knows less about IPs than I do. I told her I couldn't use the IP from my computer and the same IP on the XBox but she wouldn't listen.... so that was a colossal waste of time.. but all is well in my world as my Xbox has returned home today and I can finally connect and play once again ....I'm just about the luckiest person in the world about now.

It's the little things that make me happy.

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