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by ice_runner77

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My dilemma is quite complex. I have recently installed a network on three computers. One laptop running XP and two PCs, one with ME and the other 98. After the hardware was complete I began to install the software, but upon implementation I noticed a network wizard on XP so I tried it in order to skip the ordeal of manual installation. So once the laptop was configured, I was asked to create a disk to install the network on the other PCs. I did and then went onto PC with ME and installed the software. The internet ran fine. Two down one to go. After the installation of the software, I got nothing except cannot find page errors. I have called support from the router company (Linksys) and that led nowhere. Everything is connected and I am asked for a password when ever I start my PC. The lights are all the right colors and on. But still no internet. I am running a 10/100 Ethernet network, and I?m out of ideas.

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by dklippert

Are you using local IP address on the machines 192.168.xxx.xxx with a 255.255.255.0 Subnet mask and using your ISP's IP on the Router?

I don't like posting long URLs here because spaces creep in and sometimes line breaks will mess them up. But I'll take the chance. Here are two sites with a lot of practical information.

www.extremetech.com/article/0,2299,s=1036&a=1072,00.asp

www.connectedhomemag.com/Networking/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=24397

(remember no spaces)

by ice_runner77

I beleive so, those are the IPs I see when I goto the run command and enter "winipcfg". I'm also getting a "hnetwiz.dll" error, but I don't know if there is a relation. Any other help is appreciated.

by zbopz

Not much help really but I had same problem between W98SE and XP. I spent many frustrating hours trying to get everything going using both the NetSetup disk and manual configuration. My final solution??? I backed up all my important files, formatted, and re-installed W98SE. First thing after that was install the network using the NetSetup disk. The network worked great but no internet. I installed IPX/SPX on both machines and enabled NetBIOS over IPX on 98. BOOM!--- Here came the pages---

Good Luck

by dmiles

Assuming you are using ICS,your Laptop will be considered as the host computer and will have to be connected to the internet before the client computers will be able connect.

The password is from signing on to network

by yacco

Sounds like the router is not configured correctly. Are you on DSL? DSL may have some specific setting requirements for your provider.Does your provider use PPPOE? Does your username have to be your complete email address (including the @ symbol)? Do you have to register a MAC adress with the provider? (Think of the MAC address as the Social Securety number for a piece of network equipment.) Some providers try to limit your access to a single machine by registering the MAC address of the network card that first connects to the service. You may need to configure the router to report that original MAC address to the provider when it connects.

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