Re: Home network
 

I'd double check the physical connections. 99 times out of a hundred if IPconfig is reporting that media is disconnected it is because either one end of the isn't pushed firmly home or their is a faulty cable. You may have dislodged something when you were rebooting at the router.

Re: Home network
 

I will change all cables tomorrow and update you on this.

Thanks to all for your input

Re: Home network
 

I have changed all cables.
Laptop working wirelessly, but now the desktop is missing from the network. Last night all was OK.
I shut down both computers overnight.
Prior to my problems, I had been leaving them in either SLEEP or HIBERNATION mode.
Not sure if that had anything to do with it.

Re: Home network
 

Update on this.
Since my last post the situation is the same. After a long time the wireless laptop eventually picks up the desktop on the network. So I did a system restore. Checked ipconfig and stats are the same as previous. At least I can access the desktop, so I'll accept that for now.
I have looked at other forums about media dfisconnected, and this does seem to be a widespread problem.
This is one that I looked at. http://www.anetforums.com/posts.aspx?ThreadIndex=28415

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The Netgear router has software V1.0.11_1.0.1VGUK.
Is the latest version?