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File and Print Sharing and ICS stopped working
I've had a small network in my home for two years fairly trouble free. All
boxes are Win98SE with NICs connected to a hub with CAT5E. One has a modem and ICS. The ICS box dials up the ISP and the others simply launch IE. All could share files and printers also. Last week my daughter said she could not get Instant Messanger to connect. I checked and her machine could not see two of the four. And the two she couldn't get to could only see each other. I tried changing workgroup names and computer names but the same pair can only see each other in network neighborhood. So now it's like I have two different networks each with two workstations. I know this can happen if you use different workgroup names but I was careful when I typed - and no uppercase or trailing spaces or special characters. In fact I went back to the default name "WORKGROUP". Same issue. It isn't a physical connection problem because I swapped the machines around to different jacks the symptom hasn't changed. Are ther known problems with Win98 and networking that I can investigate? Thanks in advance. |
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Reggie Laffond wrote:
I've had a small network in my home for two years fairly trouble free. All boxes are Win98SE with NICs connected to a hub with CAT5E. One has a modem and ICS. The ICS box dials up the ISP and the others simply launch IE. All could share files and printers also. Last week my daughter said she could not get Instant Messanger to connect. I checked and her machine could not see two of the four. And the two she couldn't get to could only see each other. I tried changing workgroup names and computer names but the same pair can only see each other in network neighborhood. So now it's like I have two different networks each with two workstations. I know this can happen if you use different workgroup names but I was careful when I typed - and no uppercase or trailing spaces or special characters. In fact I went back to the default name "WORKGROUP". Same issue. It isn't a physical connection problem because I swapped the machines around to different jacks the symptom hasn't changed. Are ther known problems with Win98 and networking that I can investigate? Thanks in advance. Check the IP addresses and masks with winipcfg and make sure they're all on the same subnet. -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . |
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File and Print Sharing and ICS stopped working
Reggie Laffond wrote:
I've had a small network in my home for two years fairly trouble free. All boxes are Win98SE with NICs connected to a hub with CAT5E. One has a modem and ICS. The ICS box dials up the ISP and the others simply launch IE. All could share files and printers also. Last week my daughter said she could not get Instant Messanger to connect. I checked and her machine could not see two of the four. And the two she couldn't get to could only see each other. I tried changing workgroup names and computer names but the same pair can only see each other in network neighborhood. So now it's like I have two different networks each with two workstations. I know this can happen if you use different workgroup names but I was careful when I typed - and no uppercase or trailing spaces or special characters. In fact I went back to the default name "WORKGROUP". Same issue. It isn't a physical connection problem because I swapped the machines around to different jacks the symptom hasn't changed. Are ther known problems with Win98 and networking that I can investigate? Thanks in advance. Check the IP addresses and masks with winipcfg and make sure they're all on the same subnet. -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . |
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CJT wrote in message ... Reggie Laffond wrote: I've had a small network in my home for two years fairly trouble free. All boxes are Win98SE with NICs connected to a hub with CAT5E. One has a modem and ICS. The ICS box dials up the ISP and the others simply launch IE. All could share files and printers also. Last week my daughter said she could not get Instant Messanger to connect. I checked and her machine could not see two of the four. And the two she couldn't get to could only see each other. I tried changing workgroup names and computer names but the same pair can only see each other in network neighborhood. So now it's like I have two different networks each with two workstations. I know this can happen if you use different workgroup names but I was careful when I typed - and no uppercase or trailing spaces or special characters. In fact I went back to the default name "WORKGROUP". Same issue. It isn't a physical connection problem because I swapped the machines around to different jacks the symptom hasn't changed. Are ther known problems with Win98 and networking that I can investigate? Thanks in advance. Check the IP addresses and masks with winipcfg and make sure they're all on the same subnet. -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . When I went home and looked in Network Neighborhood I could see the aother three workstastions from any anywhere. Magic. Maybe it just needed time to show up there. I noticed that after a reboot the other names don't always display but if I type the computer name in the address bar of Explorer I can browse the files OK (and it immediately makes the name available in network neighborhood. I double checked the subnet mask and IP addresses as suggested. Subnets and first two segment of the IP addresses match. But still only the ICS machine can get to the internet. Should I take this to the internet newsgroup since my connectivity issue is resolved or can I continue here? Ideas? |
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File and Print Sharing and ICS stopped working
CJT wrote in message ... Reggie Laffond wrote: I've had a small network in my home for two years fairly trouble free. All boxes are Win98SE with NICs connected to a hub with CAT5E. One has a modem and ICS. The ICS box dials up the ISP and the others simply launch IE. All could share files and printers also. Last week my daughter said she could not get Instant Messanger to connect. I checked and her machine could not see two of the four. And the two she couldn't get to could only see each other. I tried changing workgroup names and computer names but the same pair can only see each other in network neighborhood. So now it's like I have two different networks each with two workstations. I know this can happen if you use different workgroup names but I was careful when I typed - and no uppercase or trailing spaces or special characters. In fact I went back to the default name "WORKGROUP". Same issue. It isn't a physical connection problem because I swapped the machines around to different jacks the symptom hasn't changed. Are ther known problems with Win98 and networking that I can investigate? Thanks in advance. Check the IP addresses and masks with winipcfg and make sure they're all on the same subnet. -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . When I went home and looked in Network Neighborhood I could see the aother three workstastions from any anywhere. Magic. Maybe it just needed time to show up there. I noticed that after a reboot the other names don't always display but if I type the computer name in the address bar of Explorer I can browse the files OK (and it immediately makes the name available in network neighborhood. I double checked the subnet mask and IP addresses as suggested. Subnets and first two segment of the IP addresses match. But still only the ICS machine can get to the internet. Should I take this to the internet newsgroup since my connectivity issue is resolved or can I continue here? Ideas? |
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Reggie Laffond wrote:
CJT wrote in message ... Reggie Laffond wrote: I've had a small network in my home for two years fairly trouble free. All boxes are Win98SE with NICs connected to a hub with CAT5E. One has a modem and ICS. The ICS box dials up the ISP and the others simply launch IE. All could share files and printers also. Last week my daughter said she could not get Instant Messanger to connect. I checked and her machine could not see two of the four. And the two she couldn't get to could only see each other. I tried changing workgroup names and computer names but the same pair can only see each other in network neighborhood. So now it's like I have two different networks each with two workstations. I know this can happen if you use different workgroup names but I was careful when I typed - and no uppercase or trailing spaces or special characters. In fact I went back to the default name "WORKGROUP". Same issue. It isn't a physical connection problem because I swapped the machines around to different jacks the symptom hasn't changed. Are ther known problems with Win98 and networking that I can investigate? Thanks in advance. Check the IP addresses and masks with winipcfg and make sure they're all on the same subnet. -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . When I went home and looked in Network Neighborhood I could see the aother three workstastions from any anywhere. Magic. Maybe it just needed time to show up there. I noticed that after a reboot the other names don't always display but if I type the computer name in the address bar of Explorer I can browse the files OK (and it immediately makes the name available in network neighborhood. I double checked the subnet mask and IP addresses as suggested. Subnets and first two segment of the IP addresses match. But still only the ICS machine can get to the internet. Whoa ... What do you mean "first two segment ..." Are you running a class B network? Most home users run class C (i.e. the netmask is 255.255.255.0, so that to be in the same subnet -- and able to communicate -- the first _three_ numbers match). Should I take this to the internet newsgroup since my connectivity issue is resolved or can I continue here? Ideas? -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . |
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File and Print Sharing and ICS stopped working
Reggie Laffond wrote:
CJT wrote in message ... Reggie Laffond wrote: I've had a small network in my home for two years fairly trouble free. All boxes are Win98SE with NICs connected to a hub with CAT5E. One has a modem and ICS. The ICS box dials up the ISP and the others simply launch IE. All could share files and printers also. Last week my daughter said she could not get Instant Messanger to connect. I checked and her machine could not see two of the four. And the two she couldn't get to could only see each other. I tried changing workgroup names and computer names but the same pair can only see each other in network neighborhood. So now it's like I have two different networks each with two workstations. I know this can happen if you use different workgroup names but I was careful when I typed - and no uppercase or trailing spaces or special characters. In fact I went back to the default name "WORKGROUP". Same issue. It isn't a physical connection problem because I swapped the machines around to different jacks the symptom hasn't changed. Are ther known problems with Win98 and networking that I can investigate? Thanks in advance. Check the IP addresses and masks with winipcfg and make sure they're all on the same subnet. -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . When I went home and looked in Network Neighborhood I could see the aother three workstastions from any anywhere. Magic. Maybe it just needed time to show up there. I noticed that after a reboot the other names don't always display but if I type the computer name in the address bar of Explorer I can browse the files OK (and it immediately makes the name available in network neighborhood. I double checked the subnet mask and IP addresses as suggested. Subnets and first two segment of the IP addresses match. But still only the ICS machine can get to the internet. Whoa ... What do you mean "first two segment ..." Are you running a class B network? Most home users run class C (i.e. the netmask is 255.255.255.0, so that to be in the same subnet -- and able to communicate -- the first _three_ numbers match). Should I take this to the internet newsgroup since my connectivity issue is resolved or can I continue here? Ideas? -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . |
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"CJT" wrote in message ... Reggie Laffond wrote: CJT wrote in message ... Reggie Laffond wrote: I've had a small network in my home for two years fairly trouble free. All boxes are Win98SE with NICs connected to a hub with CAT5E. One has a modem and ICS. The ICS box dials up the ISP and the others simply launch IE. All could share files and printers also. Last week my daughter said she could not get Instant Messanger to connect. I checked and her machine could not see two of the four. And the two she couldn't get to could only see each other. I tried changing workgroup names and computer names but the same pair can only see each other in network neighborhood. So now it's like I have two different networks each with two workstations. I know this can happen if you use different workgroup names but I was careful when I typed - and no uppercase or trailing spaces or special characters. In fact I went back to the default name "WORKGROUP". Same issue. It isn't a physical connection problem because I swapped the machines around to different jacks the symptom hasn't changed. Are ther known problems with Win98 and networking that I can investigate? Thanks in advance. Check the IP addresses and masks with winipcfg and make sure they're all on the same subnet. -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . When I went home and looked in Network Neighborhood I could see the aother three workstastions from any anywhere. Magic. Maybe it just needed time to show up there. I noticed that after a reboot the other names don't always display but if I type the computer name in the address bar of Explorer I can browse the files OK (and it immediately makes the name available in network neighborhood. I double checked the subnet mask and IP addresses as suggested. Subnets and first two segment of the IP addresses match. But still only the ICS machine can get to the internet. Whoa ... What do you mean "first two segment ..." Are you running a class B network? Most home users run class C (i.e. the netmask is 255.255.255.0, so that to be in the same subnet -- and able to communicate -- the first _three_ numbers match). Subnets match 255.255.255.0. I can't remember what the IP addresses were (I'm not home now) but the first two segments match (ie.168.172.xx.xx) on all machines. Should I take this to the internet newsgroup since my connectivity issue is resolved or can I continue here? Ideas? -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . |
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File and Print Sharing and ICS stopped working
"CJT" wrote in message ... Reggie Laffond wrote: CJT wrote in message ... Reggie Laffond wrote: I've had a small network in my home for two years fairly trouble free. All boxes are Win98SE with NICs connected to a hub with CAT5E. One has a modem and ICS. The ICS box dials up the ISP and the others simply launch IE. All could share files and printers also. Last week my daughter said she could not get Instant Messanger to connect. I checked and her machine could not see two of the four. And the two she couldn't get to could only see each other. I tried changing workgroup names and computer names but the same pair can only see each other in network neighborhood. So now it's like I have two different networks each with two workstations. I know this can happen if you use different workgroup names but I was careful when I typed - and no uppercase or trailing spaces or special characters. In fact I went back to the default name "WORKGROUP". Same issue. It isn't a physical connection problem because I swapped the machines around to different jacks the symptom hasn't changed. Are ther known problems with Win98 and networking that I can investigate? Thanks in advance. Check the IP addresses and masks with winipcfg and make sure they're all on the same subnet. -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . When I went home and looked in Network Neighborhood I could see the aother three workstastions from any anywhere. Magic. Maybe it just needed time to show up there. I noticed that after a reboot the other names don't always display but if I type the computer name in the address bar of Explorer I can browse the files OK (and it immediately makes the name available in network neighborhood. I double checked the subnet mask and IP addresses as suggested. Subnets and first two segment of the IP addresses match. But still only the ICS machine can get to the internet. Whoa ... What do you mean "first two segment ..." Are you running a class B network? Most home users run class C (i.e. the netmask is 255.255.255.0, so that to be in the same subnet -- and able to communicate -- the first _three_ numbers match). Subnets match 255.255.255.0. I can't remember what the IP addresses were (I'm not home now) but the first two segments match (ie.168.172.xx.xx) on all machines. Should I take this to the internet newsgroup since my connectivity issue is resolved or can I continue here? Ideas? -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . |
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File and Print Sharing and ICS stopped working
Reggie Laffond wrote:
"CJT" wrote in message ... Reggie Laffond wrote: CJT wrote in message ... Reggie Laffond wrote: I've had a small network in my home for two years fairly trouble free. All boxes are Win98SE with NICs connected to a hub with CAT5E. One has a modem and ICS. The ICS box dials up the ISP and the others simply launch IE. All could share files and printers also. Last week my daughter said she could not get Instant Messanger to connect. I checked and her machine could not see two of the four. And the two she couldn't get to could only see each other. I tried changing workgroup names and computer names but the same pair can only see each other in network neighborhood. So now it's like I have two different networks each with two workstations. I know this can happen if you use different workgroup names but I was careful when I typed - and no uppercase or trailing spaces or special characters. In fact I went back to the default name "WORKGROUP". Same issue. It isn't a physical connection problem because I swapped the machines around to different jacks the symptom hasn't changed. Are ther known problems with Win98 and networking that I can investigate? Thanks in advance. Check the IP addresses and masks with winipcfg and make sure they're all on the same subnet. -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . When I went home and looked in Network Neighborhood I could see the aother three workstastions from any anywhere. Magic. Maybe it just needed time to show up there. I noticed that after a reboot the other names don't always display but if I type the computer name in the address bar of Explorer I can browse the files OK (and it immediately makes the name available in network neighborhood. I double checked the subnet mask and IP addresses as suggested. Subnets and first two segment of the IP addresses match. But still only the ICS machine can get to the internet. Whoa ... What do you mean "first two segment ..." Are you running a class B network? Most home users run class C (i.e. the netmask is 255.255.255.0, so that to be in the same subnet -- and able to communicate -- the first _three_ numbers match). Subnets match 255.255.255.0. I can't remember what the IP addresses were (I'm not home now) but the first two segments match (ie.168.172.xx.xx) on all machines. With that netmask, the first _three_ numbers must match. Should I take this to the internet newsgroup since my connectivity issue is resolved or can I continue here? Ideas? -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . |
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