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Multiple NICs with 98 and a cable modem

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by tommugg

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I have a very simple set up. Two Windows 98 machines and a hub.
Machine I has two NICs in it, one for a Cable Modem and one for the Peer to Peer set up. The P2P NIC has an IP assigned to it, while the Cable Modem NIC gets its own.
Machine II can see Machine I in Network Neighborhood but cannot access it. Machine I cannot even see Machine II or itself in Network Neighborhood.
It seems all Network requests all go out though the Cable Modem NIC.
I have turned off the bindings there also...
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!

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by jnlguy

What I have done in the past is to remove the second NIC card in machine1 and connect your cable modem to the uplink port in your hub. Both systems should see the cable modem and each other if setup correctly. Didn't go into detail here but I am notsure how much you already understand about networking. I hope this helps you out. Jerry

by tommugg

I tried the other guys solution first, and it worked. But this may have worked too, but thanks alot! I am gonna try this way too...

by rick_b

I have the same setup.
On the P2P network, I assigned an IP address of 10.1.1.1 on Machine1. I assigned an IP address of 10.1.1.2 on Machine2. I have protocols NetBUEI and TCP/IP. I have NETBEUI as the default. I have file and print sharing installed, but in the tab I only have share printer checked.
Both machines are able to see each other and get out on the web.
I also deleted all the pwl files to sync my passwords. I hope this helps. Email me if you need further help with this.

by Member 21361443

Did you pick some numbers off the top of your head for the local IPs? Better select one of the Private ranges, such as 192.168.0.x or 10.x.x.x. That's probably why the requests are being routed out onto the cable modem NIC.

Hope this helps!
Brian Lusk

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