Unable to get network connection

[Sherman]

I have connection problems with two computers. The NIC
cards in each of these machines are installed, no
hardware conflicts, and no problems found in device
manager. I've also uninstalled and reinstalled the NIC
cards, put new NIC cards in the machine and I've also put
them on different PCI slots. When i uninstall them and
install them in the PCI slot, windows recognizes the
cards. I even formatted the hard drive and reinstalled
windows 2000 and i still run into the same problem. This
is very unusual behavior. I've never came across a
problem like this. Does anyone know how I can resolve
this problem????

 

[Steven L Umbach]

Maybe if you can describe your network connectivity problem a bit more in detail some
of us here can help.

First always view your tcp/ip configuration via ipconfig /all to see if it reports
that the computer has IP address and that the computers are on the same network, and
assuming a standard class C network that would mean the first three of the four
octets in the IP address would need to be the same with a subnet mask of
255.255.255.0 . For instance on my home network, my "network" IP address is
192.168.1.xxx and the .xxx is the "host" addresses than can be between 1 and 254 with
1 usually reserved for the default gateway.

Then verify network connectivity by pinging the local host [as ping localhost], the
assigned IP address of the computer, and the other computer by it's IP address and
name. Keep in mind that software firewalls or built in firewalls can block network
access. --- Steve

 

[sherman]

there is no ipaddress and when i assign a static address
i still get no connectivity

-----Original Message-----
Maybe if you can describe your network connectivity

problem a bit more in detail some

of us here can help.

First always view your tcp/ip configuration via

ipconfig /all to see if it reports

that the computer has IP address and that the computers are on the same network, and
assuming a standard class C network that would mean the first three of the four
octets in the IP address would need to be the same with a subnet mask of
255.255.255.0 . For instance on my home network, my "network" IP address is
192.168.1.xxx and the .xxx is the "host" addresses than can be between 1 and 254 with
1 usually reserved for the default gateway.

Then verify network connectivity by pinging the local host [as ping localhost], the
assigned IP address of the computer, and the other

computer by it's IP address and

 

[Steven L Umbach]

When you assign the static IP address does it show via Ipconfig /all and if it does
can you ping at least the localhost and it's own IP address? If not, try booting into
safe mode with networking to see if it works keeping in mind that safe mode will
disable software firewalls. Is this happening on both computers? Have you tried the
latest drivers? Does nbtstat-n show at least two entries on each computer? Try
running netdiag to see if any major failed tests are reported. Netdiag is on the
install cdrom under the support/tools folder where the setup program will have to be
run to install the set of support tools. --- Steve

there is no ipaddress and when i assign a static address
i still get no connectivity

-----Original Message-----
Maybe if you can describe your network connectivity

problem a bit more in detail some

of us here can help.

First always view your tcp/ip configuration via

ipconfig /all to see if it reports

that the computer has IP address and that the computers are on the same network, and
assuming a standard class C network that would mean the first three of the four
octets in the IP address would need to be the same with a subnet mask of
255.255.255.0 . For instance on my home network, my "network" IP address is
192.168.1.xxx and the .xxx is the "host" addresses than can be between 1 and 254 with
1 usually reserved for the default gateway.

Then verify network connectivity by pinging the local host [as ping localhost], the
assigned IP address of the computer, and the other

computer by it's IP address and

name. Keep in mind that software firewalls or built in firewalls can block network
access. --- Steve





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[Dave]

how are you connecting these two computers to each other??