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by sherry_stuart

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Hi there,

I am at a complete standstill on this one. I have a HP 533mhz computer with a Realtech PCI NIC card installed to run my Shaw cable. I recently bought a new computer and a hub and would like to network them.

I have tried to install two different network cards (both new, and with assistance from tech support -- they don't get it either) several times and keep having major computer problems. Once the card is installed and I reboot, I can no longer run programs from the desktopor start menu, go online or anything else. When I double-click on programs nothing happens. I can't access anything other than "my computer". Thank goodness I have Roxio's "Go Back" program so I can revert back and try it again fresh each time.

The installation and driver set-up appears to go smoothly except for one thing. A box pops up that says the installation is trying to replace my "telnet.exe" file and that the version previously installed on the computer is newer and prompts if I want to replace it, I have tried saying yes and no on different attempts.

Is it that a person can't have two NIC cards installed, and if so how do you run the cable service without using a router if you just want to use a hub to connect them. Please help.

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by maelgwyn

You can have 2 NICs in 1 machine. make a bakcup of the data on the hdd and blow it
away. the problem is probably with the drivers being incomatable. once this foremat
occurs, the drivers will not have a problem with what is in the box.

by sherry_stuart

Thank you for your input but wiping the hard drive out is not an option here. I appreciate your time, thanks.

by sbaltus

Hi
what happens when only one of the cards is installed? sounds like you have an IRQ problem.also what os are you using? this infro would help

by rapidad

yes you can use multiple cards, however you did not say where you were havein trouble, on the new box (??what kind??) or on the HP. also did the HP have a built in or pci network card, and if pci did you move it??
let us know............

by rapidad

sherry, as to the second question, here is the normal setup in a residence:

cable/dsl modem
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hub/router
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1stcmp 2ndcmp etc etc

the router is better, because most new ones function as a firewall also. In my house i use firwalls on all my boxes so i just use hubs (about 9 comps on all, including my sons networked gaming boxes he and his friends use)
if this is all you want to do you dont need a second nic card...let me know

by rcom

I agree that using a router would be better.

Try disabling one of the com ports in the bios if not in use to free up resources. From what I gather you are having resource conflicts with the nic cards. Disabling the com port will free up an IRQ that one of the the nic cards or something else will use. The message about the file being older probably has nothing to do with the problems.

by cowen80194

What you are describing about your setup you only need 1 Nic per computer (straight Cables) and the appropiate cables to connect your Cable/DSL to the router (Cross over usually) you should be able to connect and browse the internet and share files internally.

I use a CPU as a Proxy and my firewall is on that system.
Also I use a NIC to connect to my Router/DSL box and a NIC to connect to my Hub/Switch.

DSL
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Proxy Computer
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Switch/Hub
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Computers and Lan Printer Box

In this setup I have only one Network card in the computers (workstations) and 2 in the Proxy system. (I choose that so that I could easly update as things change)

So you might just leave this headache unless the internal card has gone out and youmust replace it with another in that case disable that card if you can or disable a com or printer port game port in BIOS to release a IRQ

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