Win98 network

[zhangl]

Hi,
I have a very stange windows98 desktop which need connect to the LAN. Its network card is good and I assign its IP address as 10.65.8.11/255.255.252.0. It can PING itself, but cannot PING the server (10.65.8.1/255.255.252.0). I tested the cable with a another laptop, and it looked cable work well. The whole day, I couldn't found the reason why the desktop cannot reach the server(or the network).

Jerry

 

[cdogg]

Does the LAN server use DHCP? Is there a reason why you are setting a static IP (of course assuming it's in the right range for your network)?

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[cdogg]

Also, behind a LAN, the normal range of IP addresses fall under 192.x.x.x

 

[dearingkr]

FYI,
According to RFC1918...

The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) has reserved the following three blocks of the IP address space for private internets:

10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255 (10/8 prefix)
172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255 (172.16/12 prefix)
192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255 (192.168/16 prefix)


Your IP address 10.65.8.11/255.255.252.0 is fine, although the subnet is a little unusual.

If another PC works fine on that cable, you can probably discount a physical connection issue.

The next step is...do you have a link light at both ends?
If not, then you may just be trying to plug a 10Mb NIC into a 100Mb switch.

Next step...reload TCP/IP. Use these instructions as a guide:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;181599&Product=w98

If the above doesn't work, post back here and let us know.

MCSE CCNA CCDA

 

[cdogg]

Good advice dearingkr, and thanks for the correction!

 

[zhangl]

Thank you everybody. I find the cause. It is because the cable. The client connection is T568A, but the panel's is T568B. So the cable is twisted. But I still why the laptop (XP)can PING the server with the twisted cable.
Anyway, thanks all your help and information.
Jerry