Home network problem, pls help!

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I have one Win2000 and one Win98 machine in the network:

[Win2000 -> network card ]<-> HUB <-> [network card <- Win98]

Both machine are in the same workgroup and the network cards are installed
with TCP/IP and NetBEUI.

But these two computer cannot see each other.

Anyone can help?

thanks!

Min

 

[f/f george]

I have one Win2000 and one Win98 machine in the network:

[Win2000 -> network card ]<-> HUB <-> [network card <- Win98]

Both machine are in the same workgroup and the network cards are installed
with TCP/IP and NetBEUI.

But these two computer cannot see each other.

Anyone can help?

thanks!

Min

A hub is not designed for this type of connection.
A router will do it, so will a crossover cable.

 

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Thanks for reply!

The same network, if the win2000 machine replaced with win2000 server
instead of professional, can connect with the win98 machine. How the server
make the connection? by DHCP server, NetBEUI or TCP/IP? Is it possible to
install DHCP server on win2000 professional machine?

Min

I have one Win2000 and one Win98 machine in the network:

[Win2000 -> network card ]<-> HUB <-> [network card <- Win98]

Both machine are in the same workgroup and the network cards are installed
with TCP/IP and NetBEUI.

But these two computer cannot see each other.

Anyone can help?

thanks!

Min

A hub is not designed for this type of connection.
A router will do it, so will a crossover cable.

 

[cjobes]

Ignore the previous comment. I hub will do just fine. You don't need a DHCP
server for this. just assign an IP address to both of the NIC cards that are
in the same subnet. If you just want to connect the 2 boxes without going
out to the internet you can do something like this:
Computer 1: IP 192.168.1.2. Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway:
192.168.1.1
Computer 2: IP 192.168.1.3 with the same info for subnet and gateway.

Once you have done this, they should see each other. Do a "ping" to verify
that the card are working.

You can also connect to a drive on the other box with the "net use" command.

Hope this helps,

Claus

Thanks for reply!

The same network, if the win2000 machine replaced with win2000 server
instead of professional, can connect with the win98 machine. How the server
make the connection? by DHCP server, NetBEUI or TCP/IP? Is it possible to
install DHCP server on win2000 professional machine?

Min

I have one Win2000 and one Win98 machine in the network:

[Win2000 -> network card ]<-> HUB <-> [network card <- Win98]

Both machine are in the same workgroup and the network cards are installed
with TCP/IP and NetBEUI.

But these two computer cannot see each other.

Anyone can help?

thanks!

Min

A hub is not designed for this type of connection.
A router will do it, so will a crossover cable.

 

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Thanks for reply!
Unfortunately, these two computers are all connected to internet. A DSL
modem is connect to the HUB, these two computers are connected to the Hub,
therefore, all the network card has to be assigned with automatically obtain
IP address.
min

Ignore the previous comment. I hub will do just fine. You don't need a DHCP
server for this. just assign an IP address to both of the NIC cards that are
in the same subnet. If you just want to connect the 2 boxes without going
out to the internet you can do something like this:
Computer 1: IP 192.168.1.2. Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway:
192.168.1.1
Computer 2: IP 192.168.1.3 with the same info for subnet and gateway.

Once you have done this, they should see each other. Do a "ping" to verify
that the card are working.

You can also connect to a drive on the other box with the "net use" command.

Hope this helps,

Claus

Thanks for reply!

The same network, if the win2000 machine replaced with win2000 server
instead of professional, can connect with the win98 machine. How the server
make the connection? by DHCP server, NetBEUI or TCP/IP? Is it possible to
install DHCP server on win2000 professional machine?

Min

I have one Win2000 and one Win98 machine in the network:

[Win2000 -> network card ]<-> HUB <-> [network card <- Win98]

Both machine are in the same workgroup and the network cards are installed
with TCP/IP and NetBEUI.

But these two computer cannot see each other.

Anyone can help?

thanks!

Min

A hub is not designed for this type of connection.
A router will do it, so will a crossover cable.