Networking troubles
Posted by: dwmartens <dwmartens@...>
At long last the new computer is here, the NICs are installed in the old
& new machines, but the network doesn't seem to work because the old one
running Win95B keeps popping up a message saying "This DHCP client was
unable to obtain an IP Network address from a DHCF server." I've the
NICs in each machine connected via a crossover cable. On the new machine
running Win98SE Network Neighborhood sees the new machine as PIII 600EB,
(Network Neighborhood|Entire Network|WORKGROUP|PIII 600EB and Network
Neighborhood|PIII 600EB), but no P 166 which is the name of the old
machine. And the old machine sees nothing: only Entire Network appears &
when clicked a popup says "Unable to browse the network. The network is
not accessible. For more info..."
With the cable connected to both computers a green light on the NICs
comes on which means that the connection is electrically correct, I
assume. With the new computer on and the IP addresses set to 1.1.1.1 and
Subnet Mask set to 255.0.0.0 on both machines, when the old one is
rebooted, a conflict message pops up on both machines. The memory
address in the conflict message on the old Win95 machine is slightly
different than on the Win98 machine, and includes the message that the
link is disconnecting. This seems to indicate that they are "seeing"
each other, but some setting must be wrong. Auto-detect of IP address
did not seem to work either.
Can anyone suggest where I'm going wrong? I've tried to follow the
directions given in some earlier discussions on CCMag elist, but what
I've just described is the extent of my networking experience.
The NICs are CNet Pro120 10/100Mbps PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter Cards. The
Network Configuration shows adapter: PRO120 100/10 Mbps PCI Bus Fast
Ethernet Adapter, and protocol: TCP/IP->PRO120 100/10 Mbps PCI Bus Fast
Ethernet Adapter.
Feel free to respond privately if you prefer at either address below.
Thanks,
Dennis
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