I had this problem with my network when I had an intermittent connection
with a Cat5 cable between a router and one of my PC's.   It was connected
enough that it worked mostly but occasionally the number of errors would
through everything off including the router/hub. I'd have to power-off and
re-initialize my router to get everything going again.  Since I replaced
the cable about 6 months ago, it has worked perfectly for all machines on
the network.

Doug


At 3/26/2002 08:03 AM, joseph marty wrote:

>Peter: here's one for you.  I have a Win Me and Win 98SE network at home.
>I have an SMC 4-port router/switchbox.  I can always get on the Internet
>with both machines, but only intermittently can I share files and
>printers. I have no idea why both computers can see each other and share
>on bootup today, but not tomorrow when I fire them up.  File and printer
>sharing works perfectly some days, but not others (no changes have been
>made).  Both computers can use the networked printer even if they can't
>see each other.  Sometimes if I reboot each one a couple of times they
>will see each other, and sometimes not.  The settings for networking must
>be correct since it will work perfectly until they are shutdown.  Where do
>I look for the problem?  The SMC router/switchbox is only a few months
>old, and I can always log onto it from either computer.  It shows both
>computers connected even when they can't see each other. Any suggestions
>are welcomed.

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