Okay a few tips

the empeg will not turn up in network nieghbourhood as it isn't a win computer it is a linux machine. You can get it to appear but it is a bit of a work up.

Secondly don't bother with the command line prompt ping etc. just plug in the empeg after setting up the network properties as originally stated and see if emplode can find it don't forget you will need to tell emplode to look for it one the IP address you have given it.

Tip fill in your stats on the BBs profile there might be someone round the corner who could give you a hand.