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Scarletdown
Has anyone else here managed to get peer to peer networking to
function with an A7N8X-Deluxe? I've been trying for the past week or
two to get this system to see the rest of the LAN (through the on-
board 3COM NIC).
I'm running Windows-98SE on this as well as the other two systems on
the network. All three systems are connected to an old AT&T StarLAN
10 hub.
The diagnostics for the NIC show that everything is good
hardwarewise, but I can't ping any of the other systems (the other
two can see ping other though, but not the one I am troubleshooting).
Here is the network configuration info:
First System:
IP - 192.168.0.1
NM - 255.255.255.0
No Gateway set as she connects via the USB port to a cable modem
Second System:
IP - 192.168.0.4
NM - 255.255.255.0
GW - 192.168.0.1 (For Internet Connection Sharing)
Third System (the one being the problem child):
IP - 192.168.0.5
NM - 255.255.255.0
GW - 192.168.0.1
File sharing is configured on all three systems, and Client for MS
Networks is set as the login type.
Just as a quick test to see if it was a Windows-specific issue, I
stuck in an old 3GB hard drive and set up a quickie Red Hat Linux 9
installation. That was not the problem either, as I was still unable
to ping any of the other systems. I've also noticed that the light
over the port on the hub that this one is connected to is red. Yet I
know that there is nothing wrong with either the hub or the cable, as
I have used them recently on an old P200 that I keep around as a
hardware-testing platform (and backup Win98 Workstation).
I'm starting to suspect that the problem is some sort of hardware
setting in the Control Panel or Adapter Properties in Network
Neighborhood. I have the NIC configured for 10BaseT, Full Duplex,
which is what the other systems are set at as well. I noticed that
Adapter Properties has a ton of settings that I can try, but I have
no clue what ones would be the most likely to mess around with; and I
don't want to just start changing stuff at random.
Lastly, I had this same problem a couple months ago with an identical
board that I was setting up for my roommate. Since I needed to get
him back up and running fast, I just simply disabled the onboard NICs
in the system BIOS and installed a 3Com Fast EtherLink NIC. That is
working fine for him, and I could do the same for my system.
However, the on-board NICs were one of the major factors in my
decision to get this MB, and I want to use them instead of throw in
another NIC, which to me, would be a waste of resources.
So in summary... HHHHEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLPPPPP!!!
Thanks.
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function with an A7N8X-Deluxe? I've been trying for the past week or
two to get this system to see the rest of the LAN (through the on-
board 3COM NIC).
I'm running Windows-98SE on this as well as the other two systems on
the network. All three systems are connected to an old AT&T StarLAN
10 hub.
The diagnostics for the NIC show that everything is good
hardwarewise, but I can't ping any of the other systems (the other
two can see ping other though, but not the one I am troubleshooting).
Here is the network configuration info:
First System:
IP - 192.168.0.1
NM - 255.255.255.0
No Gateway set as she connects via the USB port to a cable modem
Second System:
IP - 192.168.0.4
NM - 255.255.255.0
GW - 192.168.0.1 (For Internet Connection Sharing)
Third System (the one being the problem child):
IP - 192.168.0.5
NM - 255.255.255.0
GW - 192.168.0.1
File sharing is configured on all three systems, and Client for MS
Networks is set as the login type.
Just as a quick test to see if it was a Windows-specific issue, I
stuck in an old 3GB hard drive and set up a quickie Red Hat Linux 9
installation. That was not the problem either, as I was still unable
to ping any of the other systems. I've also noticed that the light
over the port on the hub that this one is connected to is red. Yet I
know that there is nothing wrong with either the hub or the cable, as
I have used them recently on an old P200 that I keep around as a
hardware-testing platform (and backup Win98 Workstation).
I'm starting to suspect that the problem is some sort of hardware
setting in the Control Panel or Adapter Properties in Network
Neighborhood. I have the NIC configured for 10BaseT, Full Duplex,
which is what the other systems are set at as well. I noticed that
Adapter Properties has a ton of settings that I can try, but I have
no clue what ones would be the most likely to mess around with; and I
don't want to just start changing stuff at random.
Lastly, I had this same problem a couple months ago with an identical
board that I was setting up for my roommate. Since I needed to get
him back up and running fast, I just simply disabled the onboard NICs
in the system BIOS and installed a 3Com Fast EtherLink NIC. That is
working fine for him, and I could do the same for my system.
However, the on-board NICs were one of the major factors in my
decision to get this MB, and I want to use them instead of throw in
another NIC, which to me, would be a waste of resources.
So in summary... HHHHEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLPPPPP!!!
Thanks.
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