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I am trying to connect to a network. I have managed to connect everybody else (5) however my own notebook will not work. I have installed a PCMCIA fast Ethernet card, uninstalled + reinstalled all components, tried other connections, replaced cabling, checked and double checked all settings and everything seems fine. I can ping myself but my computer cannot see anyone and they cannot see me

Any advise appreciate

Colin
 
Check the subnet mask to make sure you are in the same address range as the
rest of the machines. Also check your IP to make sure it is in the same
subnet. Is there any activity on ht enetwork card?

aaron
Colin said:
I am trying to connect to a network. I have managed to connect everybody
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else (5) however my own notebook will not work. I have installed a PCMCIA
fast Ethernet card, uninstalled + reinstalled all components, tried other
connections, replaced cabling, checked and double checked all settings and
everything seems fine. I can ping myself but my computer cannot see anyone
and they cannot see me.
 
Greetings Colin,

Ensure all firewalls are removed while troubleshooting. XP's firewall is only intended for direct connections to the Internet and must be disabled on local area networks. Each machine must have the same workgroup name (MSHOME by default in XP) and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. If the subnet mask if different, they are on different networks.

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Eric


----- Colin wrote: -----

I am trying to connect to a network. I have managed to connect everybody else (5) however my own notebook will not work. I have installed a PCMCIA fast Ethernet card, uninstalled + reinstalled all components, tried other connections, replaced cabling, checked and double checked all settings and everything seems fine. I can ping myself but my computer cannot see anyone and they cannot see me.

Any advise appreciated

Colin
 
I am trying to connect to a network. I have managed to connect everybody else (5) however my own notebook will not work. I have installed a PCMCIA fast Ethernet card, uninstalled + reinstalled all components, tried other connections, replaced cabling, checked and double checked all settings and everything seems fine. I can ping myself but my computer cannot see anyone and they cannot see me.

Any advise appreciated

Colin
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Sounds like a bad card. If you can try a known good card in your laptop
that would go a long way in troubleshooting the problem
 
Thanks for the help I will try that but having set all the other machines all with XP I am not hopeful
Colin
----- Eric wrote: -----

Greetings Colin,

Ensure all firewalls are removed while troubleshooting. XP's firewall is only intended for direct connections to the Internet and must be disabled on local area networks. Each machine must have the same workgroup name (MSHOME by default in XP) and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. If the subnet mask if different, they are on different networks.

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Eric


----- Colin wrote: -----

I am trying to connect to a network. I have managed to connect everybody else (5) however my own notebook will not work. I have installed a PCMCIA fast Ethernet card, uninstalled + reinstalled all components, tried other connections, replaced cabling, checked and double checked all settings and everything seems fine. I can ping myself but my computer cannot see anyone and they cannot see me.

Any advise appreciated

Colin
 
Thanks for getting back
Subnet mask is fine and the card knows when you dissconnect it from the network I can also see the lights on the card.

Colin
----- aaron wrote: -----

Check the subnet mask to make sure you are in the same address range as the
rest of the machines. Also check your IP to make sure it is in the same
subnet. Is there any activity on ht enetwork card?

aaron
Colin said:
I am trying to connect to a network. I have managed to connect everybody
Click to expand...
else (5) however my own notebook will not work. I have installed a PCMCIA
fast Ethernet card, uninstalled + reinstalled all components, tried other
connections, replaced cabling, checked and double checked all settings and
everything seems fine. I can ping myself but my computer cannot see anyone
and they cannot see me.
 
Thanks Dave,
I have already tried that also there is an onboard card which won't work but I think thats a hardware problem,

Colin

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I am trying to connect to a network. I have managed to connect everybody else (5) however my own notebook will not work. I have installed a PCMCIA fast Ethernet card, uninstalled + reinstalled all components, tried other connections, replaced cabling, checked and double checked all settings and everything seems fine. I can ping myself but my computer cannot see anyone and they cannot see me.
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Sounds like a bad card. If you can try a known good card in your laptop
that would go a long way in troubleshooting the problem
 
Is your laptop in the same workgroup as the others?

Newtechie

Colin said:
Thanks Dave,
I have already tried that also there is an onboard card which won't work
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but I think thats a hardware problem,
Colin

----- Dave in Columbus wrote: -----
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everybody else (5) however my own notebook will not work. I have installed a
PCMCIA fast Ethernet card, uninstalled + reinstalled all components, tried
other connections, replaced cabling, checked and double checked all settings
and everything seems fine. I can ping myself but my computer cannot see
anyone and they cannot see me.
 
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