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In article <828738205snz@martin.demon.co.uk>
           Martin@martin.demon.co.uk "Martin Clayden" writes:

> Can any kind soul tell me (or point me in the right direction) how
> to set up a peer-to-peer network between two machines running
> Windoze 3.11.
> 
> I have the basic hardware (3Com EtherLink II cards, coax, terminators, PCs
> etc.) but it refuses to work.
> 
> I have tried most of the obvious things (latest drivers, diagnostic s/w from
> 3Com [which works OK]) some less obvious things (Windows 95, other DMA
> channels, other interrupts etc.) all to no avail.
> 
> Neither machine will recognise the presence of the other. The only clue(s)
> I have are that BOOTLOG.TXT reports that NETAPI.DLL failed during startup
> and that both machines run exceeding slowly at startup.
> 
> Many TIA to whoever can solve this.


First step is to run whatever diagnostic program came with the cards and 
see if they are indeed passing packets to each other. This should work 
from DOS. The Microsoft NET DIAGNOSE thingy has never worked for me ....


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leo