did the ping test this time from the dell after powercycling the router and shuting down all computer and still got this for the ping
Code:
knoppix@1[knoppix]$ ping -c5 192.168.1.1
PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 192.168.1.101 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.101 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.101 icmp_seq=4 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.101 icmp_seq=5 Destination Host Unreachable

--- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 0 received, +4 errors, 100% packet loss, time 4003ms
, pipe 3
knoppix@1[knoppix]$
will test the the network card config again on the dell now after restart.