Assuming you have TCP/IP bound to the network cards, correct?  If so, then
if the computers are set to automatically get an IP address, and you don't
have a DHCP server on the network, then you need to set the computers to
use IP addresses reserved for internal network usage, such as 192.168.0.1,
192.168.0.2, etc, subnet 255.255.255.0 .
Matthew Ballard
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At 04:09 PM 9/16/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>Two identical systems are experiencing the same problem - once past
>P.O.S.T., it
>takes just under 2 min to boot in to Win98.  It's definetly the NIC - if I
>disable the NIC in Device Mgr or physically remove it, the boot in is normal.
>If the NIC is in - it takes an extraordinarily long time to get in to Windows.
>
>The NICs are Realtek RTL8029 PCI 10/100.
>The symptoms are the same whether the ethernet cable is connected or not.
>I did try - on just one of the systoms - removing the RTL8029 and installing a
>3COM PCI NIC.  The symptoms were identical - no change.
>Tried forcing the NIC to take a different IRQ - a number of iterations yielded
>no improvement.
>Have tried rebuilding the network stack (removing all protocols, service,
>clients, etc. and re-installing all of them).
>Still - same symptoms.
>
>
>
>Note:
>I had removed the IPX Protocol which the user(s) did not need.  In doing so, I
>was, of course, prompted for the Win98 CD.  The users could only find their
>Win98SE CDs - the OS on the system I was working on was Win98 (first edition).
>So, I used the Win98SE CD when prompted during the course of making the
>networking configuration changes. Could this be an issue?
>
>Thinking that "something" was still "wanting" IPX, I put IPX back on
>(using the
>Win98SE CD).  Same symptoms.
>
>Ladies and gentlemen, I am indeed stumped.  I'd be very greatful for your feed
>back.
>
>
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>Chris Rivenbark
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