Have you tried a different hub? The hub may have gone bad.
Try changing which computer has which port.

Try changing around the ports that the computers
are attached to on the hub.  If the same thing
occurs but with different computers as in the described
problem, then more than likely its a faulty hub. That
can be replaced now for fairly low prices.

--Patrick Black
http://webpages.marshall.edu/~black27/
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Smithheisler <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 8:44 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Peer to peer network


> I have a small (4 cpu) peer to peer network.
> An AMD based Aptiva with W98, Office 2000, 32M Ram
> A Cyrix 686-P2 with W98SE, Office 2000, 64M Ram
> A Pentium 100 based Dell with W98, Office 97, 16M Ram
> A Toshiba laptop with W95, Office 97, 16M Ram
> Network is cabled with Cat 5 wiring
> All cards and hub are 10/100 with autosensing (indicating operating at
100)
> Everything worked fine for the first month or so.
> Now - the Toshiba refuses to access the network (even itself).
> The 686 recognizes the Aptiva and the Dell, but operates at a veeerrrrrry
> slow speed.
> The Aptiva and the Dell get along without any problems and the Aptiva can
> talk to the 686 at normal speed.
> All the settings appear to be correct (i.e., nothing changed from original
> setups)
> Tried changing the card in the Toshiba with another known good card (same
> make/model)

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