Personnaly I would check what network protocols you are running. Check this
in network neighborhood by right-clicking the icon from the desktop and
selecting "Properties". I sounds to me like you might be running everything
on TCP/IP only.  If you're allowning TCP/IP to assign its own address, it
may be selecting one that is incompatible with your other machine.  You
could change to static IP addresses or you could add the NetBEUI protocol to
create a consistent connection.

-----Original Message-----
From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of joseph marty
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 8:03 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Networking for first time


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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>Peter Shkabara - Computer Science Instructor
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