Thank you all I am ordering a router now. And I did find the
NIC card in the 98 machine is bad. I did put my wife's
laptop on the hub and was able to get both the XP machine
and her laptop to browse over the cable modem at the same
time.
Thanks,
Bruce Foss
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Ledford
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 6:18 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Cable internet access and home
network conflict
Bruce,
I have to agree with the other members and advise that
you invest in a router. You will not be able to share
files--unless someone lets us in on a secret--with a hub,
but you should be able to have both PCs online. I may be
mistaken on the last statement, and I am sure someone will
let me know.
The fact that you are pulling a 169 IP on the 98
machine is a possible, but not conclusive indicator
that it may be a bad NIC (Network Interface Card). Try
to connect the cable modem directly to the 98 machine
and see if it is able to surf. The 169 IP is generally
invalid. If the cable modem is DHCP-enabled, you
should pull another IP. If it is a router, you
generally will have a 192 IP.
The reason I said to disable the firewalls is
two-fold: 1. occasionally a firewall is misconfigured
and affects the ability to surf. 2. For setting up
File and Print Sharing--since software firewalls tend
to block incoming and outgoing traffic.
Hope this helps--Amy Ledford
--- Foss Family <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Both PCs, the printer and the cable modem are
> connected to
> the hub via Ethernet. The cable modem is capable of
> both
> Ethernet and USB. PC-1 is running Windows XP HOME
> Edition.
> PC-2 is running Windows98. The printer is an OKI
> color laser
> that only has an Ethernet connection. All devices
> are
> connected through a hub. I was able to get PC-1 to
> browse
> but not PC-2. I had to change the IP address on my
> printer
> to get the PC-1 to print. PC-1's IP address is
> 66.62.86.59 I
> changed the printer to 66.62.86.58 I also have a
> local
> printer on each machine they can only be reached by
> the
> machine they are connected to. You say be sure there
> are no
> firewalls running, won't that leave the systems
> vulnerable?
>
> My win98 system keeps coming up with a 169.x.x.x
> address and
> does not seem to see the cable modem even though all
> the
> lights on the hub are lighting properly. I have
> tried the
> following commands:
> Ipconfig /release
> Ipconfig /renew
>
> Do you have any further guidance?
>
> Thanks,
> Bruce Foss
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Amy
> Ledford
> Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 3:19 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Cable internet access and
> home
> network conflict
>
>
> Bruce,
>
> A few questions first....
> is your cable modem connected to the hub, and then
> from the hub, both PCs are connected? Is the printer
> also connected to the hub? Is the hub ethernet or
> USB?
> Are both computers able to surf the web? at the same
> time or separately? What operating systems are on
> the
> 2 computers?
>
> If the hub is in between the PCs and the cable
> modem,
> it is probably just a configuration error. If the
> modem is dual-compatible with either USB or
> ethernet,
> are you using the same connection type all around?
> Ethernet is recommended, as there are no drivers to
> install. Be sure there are no firewalls running, and
> both PCs can surf the Internet. Then enable Sharing
> on
> the folders you need, whole drives if needed.
> Though,
> in my experience, sharing an entire drive does not
> work well.
>
> Hope this helps! :)
> Amy Ledford
>
> --- Foss Family <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > I have been a dial up user for years. This week I
> > finally
> > broke down and had cable access installed. My
> > problem is
> > when the cable was installed it changed the IP
> > address of my
> > computer. I now cannot talk to my other computer
> or
> > network
> > printer. They are all connected through a hub. Do
> I
> > need to
> > get a router or is it a simple configuration
> > problem?
> >
> > Thank You,
> > Bruce Foss
> >
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