Can't get win2000 to work through router

[My Name]

My daughter is has been trying to hook up her computer along with her room
mates onto cable internet with a CompUSA router. She has been unable to have
success. She is using win98 and her roommate has win2000. It is a dhcp
connection. Either computer works fine when hooked up separately to the
modem. When the win98 computer is hooked up via the router (port 1) it works
fine but she has been unable to get the win2000 computer to work through the
router (port 2). The winxp dhcp configuration tcp/ip is setup for IP address
automatically and DNS server address automatically . She brought the router
home and I tried hooking it up on my home system that has winxp as the
master, winxp on port 2, and win98 on port 3. I went through the same setup
procedures and all three computers work just fine through the router. I keep
thinking that something is set up incorrectly with her room mates win2000
computer but I can't imagine what (it works fine when connected directly to
the modem). I don't know if it has anything to do with the problem or not
but... the win2000 computer is dual boot with win98 and win2000 but the
win98 does not work so she is using the win2000.



Any help appreciated

MJ

 

[Chris Knapp]

Some things to try:

Have the 2000 computer manually release its DHCP address.
Start, Run, command
type IPCONFIG /RELEASE
Then connect it back to the router & try again.

If that doesn't work, you may also want to look at the cables involved. Are
you using the same cable that you used to connect the 2000 pc to the router
that you used when you connected it directly to the modem?

Is the 2000 machine able to ping the 98 machine when they are both connected
to the router?