Quote from Forum Archives on July 1, 2000, 4:23 pm

Posted by: revsamarshall <revsamarshall@...>

OK here is my .02 worth. Turn off DHCP. Then go in to Network properties
and set TCP to 000.000.000.00 on all networking connections with the NIC
cards.

Now go into networking and add Netbeui for Microsoft and IPX/SPX for
Microsoft. This should get you up and going.

This is how mine are set.

Stewart

At 03:19 PM 7/1/2000 -0500, you wrote:

>Hello networking helpers,
>
>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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