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jessy giberson
I have been running a Win98 (8 comp's) with ICS for years. I recently
tried to add an XP machine to the network and all hell has broken
loose. it seems that the only time the XP will be recognized and
recognize the network is when the computer running the ICS (w/dsl
modem) is up and running. this only happens with the WinXP machine.
i have verified the problem by adding a second XP machine. Both
machines had the same problem. What makes this so strange is that i
have put successfully put together small networks (8 or more machines)
that had a mix of Win98 & WinXP. I have never had a problem in the
past, just this time. by the way, when i added a second XP machine to
the network it did recognize the first XP machine (& the other way
around). Is ICS a sort of backbone to peer to peer windows networks
or am i barking up the wrong tree??
thanks for anyone willing to help..
tried to add an XP machine to the network and all hell has broken
loose. it seems that the only time the XP will be recognized and
recognize the network is when the computer running the ICS (w/dsl
modem) is up and running. this only happens with the WinXP machine.
i have verified the problem by adding a second XP machine. Both
machines had the same problem. What makes this so strange is that i
have put successfully put together small networks (8 or more machines)
that had a mix of Win98 & WinXP. I have never had a problem in the
past, just this time. by the way, when i added a second XP machine to
the network it did recognize the first XP machine (& the other way
around). Is ICS a sort of backbone to peer to peer windows networks
or am i barking up the wrong tree??
thanks for anyone willing to help..