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| 47576 | 2002-05-07 08:14:00 | recently setup a small network two PC's and a switch i used to Realtek NICs PCI(from DSE) and its just a standard switch. Yesterday the network was working fine but when i removed one of the cables last night and plugged it back in this afternoon i had problems. On PC1 you cant see PC2 in network neighbourhood, but on PC2 your cant see PC1 in network neighbourhood. Lights on the NICs and Switch indicate a connection and both are using the same workgroup, subnet mask (255.255.255.0) and have the following IP's PC1: 10.0.0.1 PC2: 10.0.0.2. I have tryed the win 98 help thing adn thats no good, anyone got any ideas i'm going bananas. All this and i still haven't got internet sharing working yet, it leaves me asking the question, is it really worth it? Thanx in advance |
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| 47577 | 2002-05-08 00:30:00 | If you only need to connect two devices why not get rid of the switch and use a cross over cable directly connected from NIC to NIC? This should be (a little)faster and removes the complication and problems the switch adds. I suggest you go to some one other than DSE to get you cable I purchased a 10 meter cat5 cable from them yesterday (because I was in a hurry) which cost about $50, I then ordered the rest of the cables I needed from a cabling company for less than $10 each!(online communication in this case but cablecraft or similar will do) Also I assume you have rebooted both PC's after playing with the cables? They shouldn't need it but the connections will go funny if unplugged too long. |
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