Try disconnecting from the internet (i.e. disconnect the router from the net) and try it again.....

"everything will be ok in the end. if it's not ok, it's not the end" - unknown

Hooking them uo directly to each other most likely wouldn't work without a crossover cable. If you have another switch (like a small 4 or 5 port), you could try using that instead of your router and see if it connects.

"everything will be ok in the end. if it's not ok, it's not the end" - unknown

Kansas said: I too had the same problem, and if I remember right I had to chose something like "computer with less than 512k of ram," even though I have 4GB. It would not see my server unless I chose the lower one, once I did that the system restore worked beautifully.

...JohnBick

theronks said: I notice several people on this forum have had great luck getting the Computer Restore function to work.  I have had no luck. I have downloaded the latest Restore CD, to no avail.  The restore wizard takes me through all the steps with no problems, but then when it comes to "finding my server" it is never successful.  I have tried both the automatic search function as well as the manual.  The manual search gives me a "network error" prompt, which is strange because my server is wired to the router as is my computer.  Any ideas?  Thanks.

Hi friend i had a virus problem with my laptop the other day and the only way i could get the restore to work was to connect the server directly to my laptop, i just used the cable that came with the server, took around 30 minutes.

Everything went great, restored as it was before the virus problem....  

I would suggest editing you hosts file and directly connecting to the server.

I did not need a crossover and it worked.

My main issue was the hosts file.

C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
(Using vista you will need to right click on Notepad and run as Administrator)

Edit is like below:
For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.0.XX SERVERNAME
::1 localhost

Make sure your ip and server name is correct, the above is just an example.

I couldn't get it to connect without doing this.. on all of my machines.

Try opening port 8192 on your router.

As the answers are obviously not being provided here I would again suggest taking this discussion over to and posting the information provided here as a starting point, including the suggestions made and results. That board is more focused on the server (MSS), there is a more technically oriented support base in place and the community has been around longer.

...JohnBick