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by diggetydew

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I am running a small home network over a 5 port hub. The only way i can get the 2 or 3 computers to see each other is by using netbeui. I have tried Ip the setting i used ther file and print sharing turned on. Ip 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.2 subnet 255.255.255.0
the OSes i am using are millenium and 98se and 2000

I can't get the machines to see each other all either throun name or ip

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by ann777

If all the computers have shares setup, and all have tcp/ip and netbeui, then they should be able to see each other. If they all have ip addresses 192.168.0.x / subnet 255.255.255.0.... the only other think to check is that they all have the exact same workgroup or domain name (including capitalization)

Make sure all link lights on the hub are lit. You should not be using the "uplink" port on the hub -- just the numbered ports.

If none of your computers are a "server", then you will need the NetBEUI protocol installed on all.

See if you can ping between all the computers. Report more details back to us if the problem persists.

You might have to go into the network card on the computers that absolutely will not work, and manually lock down the media type to 10BaseT, full or half duplex. Some nics operate better when not on auto-sense.

Good Luck.

by shiltowake

Make sure you have properly configured Host files or a Wins server setup if runing TCP/IP. If using wins make sure the ip address is correct on each machine so they know where to find the server. Otherwise just edit the HOST file on each machine.

by shiltowake

Make sure you have properly configured Host files or a Wins server setup if runing TCP/IP. If using wins make sure the ip address is correct on each machine so they know where to find the server. Otherwise just edit the HOST file on each machine.

by air2air

Another simple solution is to use the Home Networking software that came with your Win ME. There is a seperate file for Win 98. Be sure to assign IP address on each machine, and when entering the data in the wizard for Home Networking be sure the workgroup name matches what you configured the individual computers with (they should all be the same). Of course share has to be turned on, and I recommend password protected.

by diggetydew

I tried the home netwrking wizard but it refuses to rcognize the nic on the 98 se box which is a realtek card

i can always get the network up with netbeui but never straight IP, from the looks of all this seems like i need a server on my network

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