I have 3 machines and one hub, a dial up connection and want to file share and use internet connection sharing.
Both desktops are new and run Win ME
Laptop runs Win 98SE
I setup a basic IPX network and transferred 20GB of data to test it – noprobs.
I then removed IPX and installed TCP/IP and ICS using the Home Network wizard, and used the setup disk from that in the laptop.
Both desktops can ping themselves without fail. They can also ping each other, but sometimes all packets are received, other times none, other times half.
When transferring files between the desktops they work for a couple of mins and then hang saying “The shared resource is no longer available”.
The laptop cannot even ping itself.
I have removedthe TCP/IP protocls and gone back to IPX – this worked. Then removed IPX and installed TCP again…same probs
IP addresses are unique and in the 192.168.0.x range
Subnet 255.255.255.0 on all
Workgroup set as workgroup
All machine names are unique
What should i do to get a basic TCP file sharing network going? I have tried removing all items from the network panel and starting again…to no avail
