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by nixer

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Hello,

I have a Win NT machine (just received) and I am trying to add this to my home work group. I installed a NIC card and driver added the workgroup name, but I am still unable to access any other resources like the Internet. I know it works becuase I just removed a win98 machine from it that worked fine.

Any help would be appreciated.. Thank you

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by salochin

There are a variety of reasons why you can't communicate, so here are a few to check. Have you setup the network areas of the NT system to include the same protocols and settings as the Win 98 system. These settings include, the IP address and subnet mask, the gateway, the DNS, etc.

If you have set up these components, have you tried to PING the other system(s)? If you didn't get a reply, check the TCP/IP protocol settings with either a working system or the one you took off the network.

I think, as long as the network card is functioning correctly and, bearing in mind that you need to apply the service pack to the NT system following the addition of the network card, that you will find the cause of your problem there.

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