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Steve:  One of the ports should be identified somehow with an imprint of
a crossed connection, whether engraved in the plastic or silk screened
on.  This would be the uplink port and would not require a cross over
cable but just the cable from your cable modem to it.  The two computers
then would go to any of the other ports.  Both computers should be able
to access the internet at the same time and should also be able to
communicate with one another.  Have you set up your network and can you
see each other in Network Neighborhood?  Have you gone to Intel's
webpage for assistance on this?  Networking is not rocket science but it
does involve some common sense thinking about how to do it correctly.
Post back if you can't find the cross over port.

Jim Pickering


Steven D. Nakhla <nakhla@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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| I recently signed up for cable modem service.  Now, we have 2
computers, so
| I ordered an extra IP address for the other, and attempted to setup a
| network so the other computer could have access.  The other computer
uses
| only Win98 and my computer uses Win98, Linux, and Solaris.
|
| I bought the Intel InBusiness 5-Port 10 Mbps hub for our network.  I
was
| told to plug the cable modem into the uplink port on the hub.
However, the
| hub doesn't have an uplink port.  It has only 5 standard ethernet
ports.
| So, using a crossover cable, I plugged the cable modem into one of the
| ports, and the other 2 computers into the next 2 ports.  I am able to
access
| the internet through either computer.  The problem is, I can't use
both at
| the same time.  Is this common?  Whenever I try and access the
internet when
| the other computer is on, I get network errors.  How can I set it up
so that
| both computers can access the internet at the same time?
|
| Could it be a problem with how I have the hub set up?  Has anyone had
| experience with this hub?  I could REALLY use any help that you all
could
| give me in setting this up.  Thanks!
|
|
| You can email me at:
| Steve Nakhla
| sdnakhla@home.com
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