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Anonymous   03-27-2002 at 11:54:07 AM

Hello,

I recently setup a network at home and of course I'm having problems! Both computers are running windows98 and are connected via a hub by twisted pair ethernet cable.

I gave computer 1 an IP address of 192.168.0.1 and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. I gave computer 2 an Ip address of 192.168.0.2 and a subnet of 255.255.255.0.

Device manager reports no problems with the network cards and I know the cable is good.

The problem is I can ping from computer 1 to computer 2 with no lost packets, but if I try to ping from computer 2 to computer 1 I get 4 timed out messages.

At this stage any suggestions or comments would be really welcome. Thank you

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jlanka   03-27-2002 at 02:46:11 PM
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what is the default gateway on each?

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Anonymous   03-27-2002 at 03:22:20 PM
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Thanks for replying, I haven't assigned a gateway for either computer.

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jlanka   03-27-2002 at 07:08:56 PM
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oops - in your setup you shouldn't need a default gateway. Sorry about that. Is one 98 PC perhaps running some sort of firewall or something?

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Zlash   03-27-2002 at 08:39:50 PM
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Try just hooking them up together with a crossover cable to eliminate the hub?

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jihiggs   03-27-2002 at 09:18:29 PM
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where did you get the 2nd computer? it may have some kind of policy set up. also make absolutely sure you have the right drivers for the nic, get the exact model number off the card and get the latest drivers. i had that exact problem before and it was because i was using cheap generic nics that had at least 10 different brand chips on it, windows detected it wrong. it still worked, didnt show any errors, but i couldnt ping out of that computer while i could ping it from another station.

i went to the tomshardware forums and all i got was this lousy signature.

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sathni   03-27-2002 at 10:29:09 PM
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have you tried DHCP instead of static IP addresses...

also try to "release" the ip address and re-booting each computer... go to "cmd" prompt and type in "ipconfig /release"... at least that is the command in W2K... i am hoping it is the same in other OSes, else i am hoping someone else will instruct you on how to do it in your OS...

by the way, what OS are you using?...

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jlanka   03-27-2002 at 11:10:07 PM
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have you tried DHCP instead of static IP addresses...

also try to "release" the ip address and re-booting each computer... go to "cmd" prompt and type in "ipconfig /release"... at least that is the command in W2K... i am hoping it is the same in other OSes, else i am hoping someone else will instruct you on how to do it in your OS...


None of this will work if he doesn't have a DHCP server, which it sounds like he doesn't.

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camieabz   03-28-2002 at 06:32:22 AM
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Try swapping the ends of the CAT 5 cable over. If you can now ping with 2 but not with 1, you have a straight through cable.

You need a crossover cable.

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Anonymous   03-28-2002 at 01:04:04 PM
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Cheers for all the help, ok, I had a cross over cable and tried connecting the two computers together. The result was the same as before, computer 1 could ping computer 2 but computer 2 could not ping computer 1. At least that rules out the hub.

Computer 1 is running windows 98 second edition and computer 2 is running windows 98. There is no firewall software installed. In the past I have used direct cable connection without any problems so last night I set it up. Still the same problem. I'm tempted now to reinstall the operating systems. Anyway thanks for the advice.

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Anonymous   03-28-2002 at 02:13:22 PM
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Have you tried changing the IPs to for example 192.168.0.10 and x.x.x.11? We had some issues back in 95/98 times when one of the computers had x.x.x.1 IP.

Also, checking to have the newest drivers is always a good check. ;)

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