mexikids
01-27-2003, 08:59 PM
This is SO frustrating.
I've got one 128 kb cable connection, a D-Link DI-604 router (configured as a DHCP server), and three computers (2 desktops and a laptop all running Win'98se).
I'm using wires and have succesfully networked the 2 desktops (everything works fine). But, when I go to connect the laptop using the same CAT-5 cables I had successfully used before - when I had a simple hub (instead of router) connecting the LAN - the rest of the Network seems to screw up.
I connected the laptop's PC 10/100 LAN card to the network cable, booted it, and not only does it not show up in Network neighborhood, but all of the sudden the 2 desktop PC's don't recongnize each other. Oddly enough, the laptop showed up in "Network Neighborhood" on the desktops for about 1 minute, but I only got error messages when attempting to connect to it... and this happened time and time again. Nothing seems to work until I disconnect the laptop (then the two desktops see each other and communicate fine).
I spent and hour trying different configurations to no avail (I'm using TCP/IP). And it's not the cable, because I connected the laptop to one of the desktop's cables and it still didn't work.
Thank you for any help you can give me.
I've got one 128 kb cable connection, a D-Link DI-604 router (configured as a DHCP server), and three computers (2 desktops and a laptop all running Win'98se).
I'm using wires and have succesfully networked the 2 desktops (everything works fine). But, when I go to connect the laptop using the same CAT-5 cables I had successfully used before - when I had a simple hub (instead of router) connecting the LAN - the rest of the Network seems to screw up.
I connected the laptop's PC 10/100 LAN card to the network cable, booted it, and not only does it not show up in Network neighborhood, but all of the sudden the 2 desktop PC's don't recongnize each other. Oddly enough, the laptop showed up in "Network Neighborhood" on the desktops for about 1 minute, but I only got error messages when attempting to connect to it... and this happened time and time again. Nothing seems to work until I disconnect the laptop (then the two desktops see each other and communicate fine).
I spent and hour trying different configurations to no avail (I'm using TCP/IP). And it's not the cable, because I connected the laptop to one of the desktop's cables and it still didn't work.
Thank you for any help you can give me.