Can you also check which of the machines is the 'browse master'. This is the PC which keeps a list of what is wear on a 'peer to peer' LAN. Normaly it defaults to the first PC booted. But the table update normaly happens evey 15 min's or so. Which would explain the patche IP routing.
And IPX...
Have you used the XP home wizard's?
I would suggest setting the ISP DNS servers to mannual on all the PC's. And install IPX/SPX protocal for the LAN network to use.
(and I would go with the DSL router, I've tried this one. And you NEED to have NAT routing to be problem free. Which only comes...
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