Internet from the network...

Check the proxy server settings and remove then reinstall the network settings thru network from the control panel

What are you using for protocols? If you are using a server it is possible that these machines are not logging off correctly and that their connection is timing out then letting you in. Make sure you manually shut down applications that are sharing files and that the machine is shutting down properly. You may want to run some of the critical updates from the microsoft site for shutdowns. Good luck.

It sounds like a problem with getting IP so if the computers are getting IP addresses from a DHCP server or they have dynamic IP addresses you might want to give them static IP addresses and see if that solves the problem. We had one computer in our office with the same problem and the static IP address did the trick. Good luck!

us Nslokup to check whether it is DNS problem or not.Use command IPCONFIG/Renew to renew ip address.

As long as you can participate on the network from those machines and a proxy server is in place, I'd recommend reinstalling the MS proxy client on each workstation from the server share. It usually does the trick when the Internet is acting erratically from workstations.

Your last statement about moving the computerto a different port and worked fine, seems to be a clue. I have had a similar problem once. The problem machine was actually the wiring in the ceiling. It had been run adjacent to electric conduit, which caused intermittant interference. We pulled the wire out and ran the same wire on the floor, it worked fine. On another machine we had a bad port on the hub. We have since upgrade to cat6 cable, what a pleasure.

I would say that it is with the move. Since pnce you moved it and it worked then your settings should be fine. It could be the wiring on those ports or I have seen a port on my switch going bad and it started doing by being slow with connecting the computer to the server.

You probably run NetBEUI or IPX/SPX as well as TCP/IP. The problem is that the other protocol is your default protocol.

If you are running Windows 95 on those 3 machines, you will also need to pull down ALL the latest patches, especially for Winsock, TCP/IP stacks, etc.

However, back to what I was saying. The other protocol is talking to the server. That is why you can access the network. Your TCP/IP address is not coming through until probably your fourth or fifth request for it. You can confirm this by running WINIPCFG from the Windows Command Prompt. The primary adapter should have either no address listed, or possibly an old address listed. A release and renew would allow that machine to access the internet, right?

If so, you should hit the following items:
1. Make the TCP/IP the default protocol
2. Install the LATEST patches from MS
3. Confirm the duplex settings (half or full)
4. Confirm the speed settings (10 or 100)

As a LAST resort, you might remove theother protocols and