"Connection failed" error keeps popping up

I've recently set up a new home network. I keep getting the following error, which is my computer trying to connect to an IP address from my former network (an external hard drive that was set up as a shared server):
Connection failed
The server "192.168.1.66" may not exist or it is unavailable at this time. Check the server name or IP address, check your network connection, and then try again.
The only button option is "OK." Since this IP address is no longer valid and never will be again, how can I make this error go away?
Message was edited by: jjkatz

I think I figured it out. I went into System Preferences\Accounts and checked to see what was loading when I log in. I removed two items related to the external drive software (which never really worked well with the Mac OS anyway) and rebooted. I haven't seen the error since.

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