Howdy Gang,

System 1:  AMD450, 128MB RAM, tons of space.  Has been in this network for
several months without a problem in the world.

System 2:  Gateway 466Celeron system 64MB RAM, just purchased.

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Before the Gateway, System 1 was networked with a Packard Bell using Linksys
PCI 10/100 cards and a 4 port hub all purchased in a kit.  It worked
perfectly.

They purchased the gateway system, unhooked the PB, and want to use just
these two systems, not the PB.

gateway tech support told them to yank all Linksys products and go buy a
different NIC and crossover cable.

After fiddling with it they finally called me.

I had troubles and the network is up, but flaky.  Not sure how.  Anyway:

Using TCP/IP protocol, like it was before, and have things sort of up and
running.

BUT:  When Gateway accesses System 1's Primary partition, it's ok.  When it
tries to access the 2nd partition, it just sits there with a blank stare for
over 60 seconds, then either works or locks up.  I can not transfer any file
from the 2nd partition to the gateway computer.

Oh, another thing:  When I try to map a drive from the Gateway to System 1,
the gateway locks up...period.. forcing a hard boot.

I hope I wasn't too vague, if so, please let me know.

Thanks for everything

David A. Abbe
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Oh, I brought System 1 home after all this mess started, and it worked
perfectly with my network.  So it's got to be something on the gateway's
side.

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