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by Member 22028379

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I want to tie and exsisting peer to peer network that utilizes RG cable to my network that utlizes Standard Cat 5. I put a second NIC in the main computer of the network I am attempting to tie into. However, when this done, it disables the original NIC.

Any ideas on how to make both cards work and share would be greatly apreciated.

Martin Taylor

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by jimhm

A Quick thing to check is the IRQ and DMA - sounds like you have a conflict - on the IRQ, DMA or Address of the card.

by bowieb

You should be able to get both cards to work for that computer, but if you are trying to link the networks together, you may have other problems.

If this computer is running Win98, it will not do routing between the two cards. The computer will be able to access either network, but it will not allow the networks to access each other. If this is what you are trying to do, then you would need to use a Linux or WinNT box with routing enabled as the central computer.

by shmaltz

Answer 2 is right, but besides that you should never install more then one NIC in a win9x machine it dosnt work good.
Rather do what answer 2 said (a lynux box), or you can install a hub that lets you do this.

by nettek

I would go to a company that provides networking equipment and purchase a media converter. They cost less than $200 and will allow you to connect your coax network to your utp network.

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