[thelist] [OT] Networking W98

[Jeff Lucido]

Kevin:

First, make sure you are using a cross-over (pairs 1 and 3 are switched (i
think)) cable if you are hooking the two computers together directly (i.e.,
sans hub/switch). Next, make sure you have the MS Networks client installed
and at least Netbui as a protocol.

Hope this stears you in the right direction. Good luck!
-JSLucido


-----Original Message-----
From: kev.skindrill [mailto:kev.skindrill at bigfoot.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 5:52 PM
To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
Subject: [thelist] [OT] Networking W98


Dear All
             I am hoping that someone here can throw some light on a problem
I am having with networking 2 computers running W98. This seemingly simple
task is causing me no end of problems. To make a short story long, my
fiancee & I have bought 2 network cards (both different makes if that
matters) and a network cable, yes that's our idea of romance :) Anyway, her
brother who knows about these things has tried to get the 2 machines to
recognize each other but with no luck. I have trawled the Net for info & it
seems he has done everything correctly, and I've also downloaded all the
updates that I've been to lazy to get because I saw on one site that the
original W98 had a bug (no, really!) that prevented networks from running
correctly. Still no joy! This is not using a hub, just a straight lead from
one box to the other. What I am hoping for is that anyone reading this might
have had similar problems and can offer me a solution, or perhaps a piece of
software that will set up the network wizard style.
TIA

K
kev.skindrill at bigfoot.com
www.skindrill.freeserve.co.uk

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