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by peter j

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One computer of twelve on a peer to peer network (Microsoft Windows 98 ver.2)is recognising itself but not the other computers on the network.

The Ethernet hub to which the twelve workstations are connected by cable is recognising the workstation so the cable is obviously functioning okay. The cable was previously connected to another workstation which did recognise the other computers.

Apart from the user name, the identification of all workstations is the same, including the workgroupname.

The network card is an NE2000 compatible.

File sharing has been activated in all computers.

The only time we had this problem previously was when a network card was set up to use coaxial cable rather than the faster cable we now use.
As the network is required for both printing and internet access, I would appreciate any help that could be offered with this problem.

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by beldin32

I assume what you mean is that when you look in Network Neighbourhood on that machine, all you see is itself.?

If so, you need to check your protocols. Are you running TCP/IP or NETBEAUI?

Have you taken the card out and tried it in another machine? Dumb question I know, but once i moved 2 cards around and both worked fine.

Try moving the card from one slot to another. Dont assume that because you have a link light and are detecting activity, that the card is in any way transmitting this info to windows. I have come across cards that would communicate perfectly over the network, you can get their mac address and arp them, but will not talk to windows.

Finally, remove the card from device manager, remove all protocols, take card out. Restart the machine, and let the OS not find the network card. Shut down and reinstall the card from scratch, making sure it re-installs the protocols.

Oh and by the way if you are using 95 and IP only it has an annoying habit of messing the IP stack up. To fix this involves manually removing IP from the machine, Microsoft have a number of articles on Technet about doing this.

by peter j

Thank you for your suggested solution. I have only just been provided with the facility to rate or make comment on your solution. In conjunction with the replies received and the recent excellent Techrepublic article on the subject I was able to ascertain that my problem was simply a 16-bit network card in a 32-bit machine. Although the suggested solutions did not lead directly to this revelation, they did help and were much appreciated. Thank you for your efforts.

by ksreid

Try logging in as administrator and see if you can see the other systems on the network. I have had this problem before and logging in as administrator fixes the problem. If it works you can delete the user that you are logging in with and set that user up again.

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