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XP weird LAN trouble
Congratulations guys!!! my network is fixed!! Thanks to everybody who offered help and solutions and very specially bcastner who kept following me until the end. The static config works pretty much fine. Again, thanks for the help both technically and for giving me faith in the possibility that... -
XP weird LAN trouble
Will do, but... the net works ok for the rest of the computers.. do I need to do that on all comps? I wouldn´t like to screw what´s left of my network... unless NECESSARY to fix Computer #1´s network connection.. -
XP weird LAN trouble
In fact, now that I remember, the #1 seen all the other comps even before of having the IPX/SPX protocol, I´ve added it to see if that made anything better (because both #2 and #3 have it installed) also installed NetBEUI (same reason) but the only protocols it had when it worked were TCP/IP... -
XP weird LAN trouble
Oops, right.. sorry, I didn´t think it enough when said that if formed a ring, it´s true, they´re connected linealy with terminators on each. In fact, they´re not 3 comps but 4 in the network but I didn´t include this last one because it didn´t add anything new and however did not check anything... -
XP weird LAN trouble
First, thanks for the help, I was REALLY needing it. I'd like to ask you some questions about the possible solutions you gave me: - about the firewall, is it the Internet Connection Firewall that you mean? If it is, I think it's off but how do I check that for sure? (btw, no other firewall... -
XP weird LAN trouble
Hi I´ve got three computers on a LAN. one with Windows XP (let´s call it Computer 1), other with Win98 (computer 2) and a third with XP (computer 3). Now this is the problem: Computer 1 can see computer 2 and 3 but cannot access neither of them nor ping their IPs. Both computer 2 and 3 can see...
