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by satdix

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I am running winxp and win98se. I have a linksys 4 switch router/dsl. the winxp is connected to the internet and I can browsebut the win98 pc has nothing showing in network neighborhood. I can't get the two computer to talk or share the internet. I am lost as to what to do. My win 98 pcis showing the nic woking properly and when I click updat drivers it does this but when it ask you to restart the computer it won't restart. It just hangs at the Microsoft screen which says windows is shutting down. Nothing is happening so I have to do a hard shut down . then when I come back Up the drivers for the nic are not installed. Please help if you can and keep in mind I'm am a beginner at all of this. Thanks!!!

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by dave.osborne

What are your settings?
i.e. ...
are the IPs in the 192.168.1.x range?
is the subnet mask 255.255.255.0?
are you using DHCP or assigning each PC it's own unique IP?
is the XP PC connected directly or through the router to the internet?
what isyour internet connection, dial-up, cable, dsl?

if you have cable or dsl, and the internet connection is through the router and then dispersed to the PC's through NICs, then make sure you have the info setup in the router for your ISP (generally type 192.168.1.1 in an IE or netscape window to bring this up, in your document info that came with the router) ... make sure set it to either static IP (if you are assigned one) or PPPOE and go from there.

On the PC's, go into control panel, networking, and choose the TCP/IP for the NIC cards. Make sure to assign them an IP in the range of 192.168.1.x (but not 192.168.1.1 since this is the router) the subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 and the gateway of 192.168.1.1

Let the router assign the DNS.

For dial up with a router, follow the directions in XP for ICS.

Hope this helps.

-Dave

by dave.osborne

if you are using DHCP, then in the TCP/IP properties for the NICs, let the router also assign the IPs, and check the setup in the router (192.168.1.1 in an IE window) to make sure it's assigning in the same 192.168.1.x range (this is the default)

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