re: Help w/ network problems please
Wednesday, March 13, 2002 at 11:55 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Don
(3 messages posted)
I got it working. All it took was a $9.95 D-Link network card (on sale @ BestBuy)
and the thing was working flawlessly. Thanks for all the help guys.
Don
On Tuesday, March 12, 2002 at 11:44 am, Don wrote:
>Thanks for the response. I bought the single port version of the Linksys router
>because I already had the hub (given to me by a friend who upgraded to a router/hub
>combo) The router's manual says to connect the WAN port to the cable modem, and
>the LAN port to the uplink port on the hub, which makes sense to me. Here's a little
>more info that I forgot to include yesterday: The hub has only one light for each
>port, as does the NIC in my Win98 machine. Also, when I unplug the Win98 computer
>and hook it directly to the cable modem, it works, so I could easily download the
>latest drivers for the NIC, although if that works the NIC must be working somehow?!?
> I'm thinking now about buying a $20 NIC to see if mine is somehow defective (I
need
>a NIC for another computer I plan on connecting to the hub once I get all this sorted
>out, so it wouldn't be a waste of money if mine still works) Also, my Win2K machine
>connects to the router just fine from any port in the hub, which sorta rules out
>a bad hub. I'll try buying a second NIC (and uninstalling the old one of course)
>and see if that helps. Thanks again for the help,
>Don
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