I AM NOT EXACTLY SURE WHO I AM SUPPOSE TO SEND THIS MESSAGE TO BUT
I AM SENDING IT ANY WAY ….I HAVE A TOSHIBA SATTELITE PRO 400 SERIES
LAPTOP …1995 MODEL AND A REGULAR DESKTOP WITH A 300 MHZ AMD CHOP
,64KRAM AND IAM RUNNING THE 98 SE. FOR NETWORKING, I AM USING A
ADDTRON ETHERNET ADAPTER WHICH SEEMS TO MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS
OF THE TCP/IP PROTOCOLS AND MICROSOFT CLIENT SERVICES . THIS ADAPTER
DOES NOT SHOW ANY IRREGULARITIES IN THE CONTROL PANEL>SYSTEM LISTINGS
..AS A MATTER OF FACT NOTHING DOES ON THE DESKTOP MACHINE. I AM
USING A CROSSOVER CABLE WHICH I HAVE TESTED WITH A CAT5 ETHERNET
CABLE TESTER AND THAT IS SERVICABLE . ON THE OTHER END OF THE NETWORK
I HAVE THE TOSHIBA LAPTOP WHICH USES A PMCIA SLOTED DUAL COMBO 3COM
EHTERNET AND MODEM ADAPTER CALLED ETHERLINK 111 AND TRANFERS AT
33.6 K FOR PHONE MODEM . THIS AGAIN IS PMCIA AND SHOWS ICON WHEN
SUCCESSFULLY ATTACHED AND DETACHED . THE CONTROL PANEL>SYSTEMS DO
NOT SHOW ANY EXCLAMTION MARKS OR IRREGULARITIES THE PHONE MODEM
WORKS . THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT INDICATIONS OF THIS COMPUTER IS THAT
THEY WAY IT RESIDES IN THE NETWORK NEIGHBOURHOOD PROPERTIES ..IS THAT
A . IT SHOWS 2 TIMES AS THE LAN ADAPTER AND IT ALSO SHOWS UP TWICEAS THE TCP/IP PROTOCOL LINKED ADAPTER . I HAVE TRIEDSEVERAL OCCASIONS
TO REMOVE ONE OF EACH FROM THE PROPERTIES AND WHAT THAT DOES IT
REMOVES BOTH ADAPTERS . THIS IS NOT THE CASE WITH THE DESKTOP PC
IT ONLY RESIDES ONCE AS AN ADAPTER AND ONCEAS A TCP/IP LINKED ADAPTER.
I THINK I HAVE TRIED LITERALLY EVERY POSSIBLE COMBINATIONS TO MAKE
OF TCP/IP SETTING WITH BOTH STATIC AND DYNAMIC ADDRESSING TO MAKE
IT WORK AND THE END RESULTS IS THAT NEITHER BOXES SEE EACH OTHER
IN THERE RESPECTIVE NEIGHBOURHOOD. IGUESS THE QUESTION THAT COMES
TO MIND IS WHY THE LAPTOP DOUBLES PRESENCE IN THE PROPERTIES FIELD
..IS THAT AN ISSUE IS IT BECAUSE OF IRQ STEERING ON THE LAP