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Richard John Cavell wrote:

> Okay.
>
> I have two quite similar computers, both Pentium 2s, 128 Meg RAM.  One has
> Windows 2000 and is meant to be a server of sorts.  The other has Windows
> 98 and is meant to be a slave/client.
>
> The win2k machine has a 3Com LAN card installed.  This is connected by 2
> feet of cable to the win98 machine's intel LAN card.

2 feet is illegal! (It should be 2 meters or about 6 feet) - nevermind, it'll work

IF AND ONLY IF IT IS A **CROSSOVER** CABLE.


>  The drivers for the
> cards are setup correctly.
>
> On Win2k, I have a LAN icon with a red cross, which means that it is not
> working.  I mouse over it and it says 'Local Area Connection Network cable
> unplugged'.  The machine has Client for Microsoft networks, and TCP/IP
> installed and checked.
>
> On my Win98 machine, I have Client for Microsoft Networks and TCP/IP
> installed.
>
> On the Win98 machine, when I open Network Neighbourhood and double-click
> 'entire network', it gives me:
>
> Unable to browse the network.  The network is not accessible.  For more
> information, look in help.
>
> On my Win2k machine, My Network places simply has nothing in it.
>
> On both machines, they are configured to be in workgroup called
> 'WORKGROUP', no domain.  They have separate names.
>
> The cable certainly is plugged in.  It's possible that the cable is
> faulty, but I doubt it since it's worked in the past.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> Richard Cavell - richardcavell@mail.com
> -------------------------------------------------------------




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Best Regards,

Rick
Merrill

p.s.  my email address will be changing in the next 2 months! ATT has lost the
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