Sorry, I should have said that I hard coded the IP to .......237.
The WinXP machine does'nt do IP addresses. It's the router that hands them out via DHCP. They will be random if not hard coded, or static if hard coded. In this case, static refers to the LAN (internal) IP addresses, not the WAN (external) IP addresses. You have control of the LAN IP's through your router control. If you're not sure how to access the router, either check the router manufacturer's website, or PM me and I'll try to help.

To verify the Sling IP address, open the sling player, and when/if you see your slingbox on the directory, click on edit, then on information. The network settings should propogate if it's finding the slingbox.

The WinXP box does assign IP if it is running in Internet Connection Sharing mode.

I will see if I can go assign the Sling a static IP within the range my WinXP (running ICS) is handing out and see if that will work ....

I didn't realize you were using that mode. I've never dealt with that. Does that mean you don't use a router?

So I got ICS working with my Sling in the LAN setting. BIG BIG problem - Cingular doesn't allow mobile terminated data on its isp.cingular and wap.cingular APN's.

Slingbox w. Cisco VPN
 

Has anyone been able to get their slingbox to work while running the Cisco VPN software? If so what port did you use? I can connect to my slingbox fine until i load the Cisco VPN client to connect to work. Im running Cisco VPN Cline 5.0.00.0340

Your employer has most likely restricted local network access while the VPN client is actively connected to your corporate network. If you're working on a "corporate image" installation of Windows with no local administrative access, it's unlikely you'll be able to work around this.

Since I have administrative control over my laptop, I elected to install the Cisco VPN client in a virtual machine installation of Win2K under VMWare. That leaves me free to do whatever I want in the host operating system (XP), while taking care of business in the guest/virtual machine.

Wow....that is a really interesting idea! ^ I never thought of that.

I have long suspected that certain "features" as part of our standard deployment have interfered with the normal health of my laptop.

Under this situation, can you have the VPN client running in the VMWare, while your normal image is connected directly to the Internet?

Sure, they're essentially distinct PCs, although one is virtual. Don't install any VPN software in the host operating system, just install it in the virtual machine(s). I support multiple customers, with multiple VPN clients, using this method. My host operating system retains full internet access.

An interesting Slingbox experiment
 

I've been splitting my time between our house in SF and our apartment in LA, where my Slingbox is located. The docking station for my laptop has DVI out, so I have an DVI to HDMI cable that I use so I can store movies on my laptop and play them on the HD TV in our SF house. Just for fun, I tried the Slingbox player with this setup on the HD TV. It works surprisingly well. Though, of course, the picture isn't high-def, it's very viewable -- better than VHS and only slightly worse than the DirecTV standard-def box that's connected to the HD TV.