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by timehawk

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I have just wiped a IBM ThinkPad 600 from having what it was designed to have (Windows 95) to Windows 98. I had a Bus Master IDE Controller Conflict that is taken care of I believe by removing it all together.

Computer Specs:
IBM ThinkPad 600
PII 266 or higher
64 MB RAM
PCMIA PC Card = Xircom RealPort Ehternet 10/100 RE-100 (Type III Card)

So I have @Home on my desktop which is connected. I have my Laptop configured with the required specifications for connecting to the @Home service for the PC Card. Everything is basically automatic and/or disabled.

A few things:
1. Does not connect and is being autoassigned IP which is wrong (should not be happening for @Home)
2. I was curious as to why the Laptop Ethernet Card has:
(Secure Lock Facing down) 1 2 3 0 0 6 0 0
where 0's are not present for conductor prongs or whatever they technically are. Also number 1 is flush to the top.

I hope that is enough information and I haven't confused anyone with that last question.

Anyway Good Luck and Thank you.

TimeHawk
timehawk2000@hotmail.com

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by timehawk

I plan on unconnecting my desktop and plugging it into my Laptop BTW. Xircom's Ethernet 10/100 Driver was installed. PC Ethernet Card was previously used in an in-office network situation.

by tech_dk

From your explanation, I'm not 100% sure of what you mean. From the sounds of it, I believe you have a desktop and a laptop connecting through @Home. They generally preserve your Ethernet card's MAC address and assign IP addresses dependant on that. So if you had your PC connected and it works fine, but your laptop won't... it's not a problem with your laptop, it's a problem with @Home not liking people switching computers in and out of their system.

I would recommend getting a cheap router/switch combo. Set the router's Mac address to the same address as the computer that currently connects correctly with @Home. This way, @Home's system will give the router the correct IP and then you can set your PC and laptop to connect via the router and you won't have a problem.

Again, you may be having a completely different problem, but if you are expecting @Home to give your laptop and your PC an IP on the same jack at different times... well, my experience is they do it by MAC address so you can't.

by timehawk

I will accept this answer because I think that you are somewhat right. I think I am going to see what technical support has to say on the issue. I was hoping I wouldn't have to contact them because it can take a long time to get a simple problem solved as my past experience with them has reminded me. Thank you and I think I'm going to look into buying a router.

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