Problems connecting to network

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Mike Trozzo

Hi,

I have three machines networked together through a hub...2 desktops and a
laptop.  One desktop is running XP Home (also gateway to internet under ICS)
and the other is running 98SE, and the laptop is a dual boot with XP Home
and SuSE 8.2.

The problem I've been having has been intermittent, but is increasing in
frequency.  When I boot up the laptop to XP, it can't see the rest of the
network.  Not only can I not access the Internet, I can't even see folders
that I set up as shares. Pinging 192.168.0.1 is unsuccessful.  It's
sometimes taken 3-4 reboots before I could connect.  I can, however,
connect successfully on the Linux side. The 98SE box has no problems either.

I performed ipconfig /release /renew and ipconfig /dnsflush on both XP
machines, and after rebooting, I was able to reach the network; however,
the problem has reappeared today.

I have also tried both letting the laptop get an IP address automatically,
and also setting it manually to 192.168.0.2 with a subnet mask of
255.255.255.0 (same as the other machines)

Does anyone have any ideas as to how to solve this?

Thanks
Mike Trozzo
 
Hi,

Are all computer's set for the same workgroup? They
should be, I'm sure. Are you using the Netbeui protocol?
You can use the Netbeui protocol off the XP CD, I did,
though I have XP Pro I think it should be on XP home too.

Also, in the LAC look at all the items used by the
connection for each XP machine they should all be the
same and set up similarly. The Win98 computer most likely
should have the Netbeui Protocol, TCP/IP, IPX/SPX among
maybe others, but the bindings should be set for the
above mentioned three for the NIC on that computer.

If you have 3 computers their name's or addresses should
ping as well ie. C:\> ping "computer name" or 192.168.0.1.
When setting up the addresses use .0.1, .0.2, .0.3 for
the last two spaces of each each computer respecfuly.

You also might disable any firewall protection on the XP
machines too.

Also, you might try setting up the XP machines with the
network setup wizard, sometimes using the wiz is the best
way to get it right.

Hope this helps a little..
David
-----Original Message-----
Hi,

I have three machines networked together through a hub...2 desktops and a
laptop. One desktop is running XP Home (also gateway to internet under ICS)
and the other is running
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98SE, and the laptop is a dual boot with XP Home
 
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