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Weird Cabling Issue?

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by connors

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I have a weird problem, well, weird to me anyway, on my network (small office running w2k) in one of the offices, there is a jack for the network, all of my computers are the same, win98se, same nework adapter, same settings, etc, but one computer, my computer, will NOT work in this office, i can put it anywhere else and it works fine, i can take any other computer and that will work fine in the room, just my comptuer won't work in that one office, i thought this was odd so i'd let some otherIT people take a crack at itt, let me know of any solutions, thanks

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by vertex

Assuming that all setting are the same, have you checked out if your NIC is in working order and that the network setting is correct?

by sellersmj

I've seen problems with computers not being able to log on when moved b/c of ARP tables not updating. What is your connectivity device, a switch, router, what? Try flushing the ARP tables.

by jmstitt

Well, this may sound like a weird answer, but it is a weird problem. Some machines, even if they are exactly the same, can be susceptible to inteference. Check to see if there are any big fans, ventilation, heating units, large power lines inside the walls near the computer, florescent lights or maybe even a blown pair of amplified, or unsheilded computer speakers. If the machines are all configured OK, and trading positions makes the computer run, then it has to be something in the environment affecting that computer only. HTHs

by jmstitt

Well, this may sound like a weird answer, but it is a weird problem. Some machines, even if they are exactly the same, can be susceptible to inteference. Check to see if there are any big fans, ventilation, heating units, large power lines inside the walls near the computer, florescent lights or maybe even a blown pair of amplified, or unsheilded computer speakers. If the machines are all configured OK, and trading positions makes the computer run, then it has to be something in the environment affecting that computer only. If it is an environmental problem, your only choice may be to switch machines with someone else. That shouldn't hurt anything if the machines are all exactly the same anyway. It's a low-tech answer anyway -HTHs

by spunkmnky

Try Forcing the network card to 100mb full duplex instead of the autodetect function. Go into the network card's properties, advanced and duplex type, select it full duplex in that box. I don't know why but sometimes the card can be rather 'whiney' especially with some 3com nics in 2000.

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