First, since it worked once, I would suspect a sudden hardware failure.
however, check this too. Go to Start, Run, and enter winipcfg and press
okay.  Select your adapter from the drop down list, and check that both PC's
have a unique adapter address.  Check that the subnet mask is 255,255,255,0.
Next, right-click network neighborhood, properties, and click properties for
File and Print Sharing for Microsoft Networks. Check Browse Master settings.
You may want to adjust it to enable, but at the least it should be set to
automatic on both PC's.  Reboot.  Now, go into Start, Find, Computer, and
search for the other computer's name.
After that I would try replacing hardware parts.

You don't need all the protocols.  If you intend to share the modem or play
networked games, keep TCP/IP. Once you get things running, I would uninstall
the others.
Tom Turak

-----Original Message-----
From: Brendon Schafer [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 5:14 PM

I have 2 PC's. One has Win95 the other has Win98. I have them networked
sharing printers and files in both directions.

On both PC's, the network card is installed correctly. IP Addresses I have
assigned are 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.2. The workgroup for both PC's is
Home. I also have NETBEUI and IPX/SPX protocols installed. I have file and
printer sharing on both machines enabled. The names of the machines are NOT
the same. As far as I can tell, the software is set up correctly. I double
click on the Network icon, Entire Network icon is there. Double click on
Entire network, Home workgroup is there as expected. I doubled click on home
and the only PC listed is the one that I am working on at that time. I've
uninstalled the protocols and adapters and reinstalled.

The only thing that I can think of now is
1) the hub is faulty
2) network cable is faulty on one of the sides.

The network cards are both D-Link DE220 ISA PnP LAN. The hub is a OvisLink 8
port hub. I do not know what kind of cabling it is - I think just standard
stuff with RJ-45 connectors if that says anything.

In fact the network was set up correctly a few days ago (weeks now actually)
just after I reformatted both HDD's. I have since been fiddling with the
modem - deciding where to put it (best machine etc.) and bought a HP
Officejet V40. The problem occurred before the purchase though.

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