In article <1147493578.606569.226010.TakeThisOut@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com>,
"Sean Cleary" <seanearlyaug.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>I have a new laptop. It has WinXP on it.
>I have a 2 computer and a switch win98 network. I can not see the WinXp
>machine; it can not see me when it I try.
>I have the workgroups all named the same.
>I may have changed some setting or other that will prevent me from
>networking.
>I have all the gateway settings and port settings at variations on
>192.1681.x where x is 1&2 for the older machines and 3 for the LAN 1394
>connection. I have a Broadcom 440x 10/100 integrated LAN connection
>that has an address of 192.168.0.1.
>
>I really do not know which of these two connections is attached to the
>J45 jack, and thereby to the cable to the switch.
>
>The Broadcom connection said that it is repaired. The 1394 connection
>said that TCP/IP is not enabled for this connection.
>
>I have modified the 98 machines to have gateways that could use the
>addresses of either LAN.
>
>I do not have a network cert., and only completed half of A+ long ago.
>XP is mostly new to me
>
>I have tried pinging, I have made a *.bat file that will do that from
>dos on the 98 machines.
>
>Please help,
>Sean
The integrated LAN connection uses the RJ45 jack. Remove the IP
address from the LAN 1394 (Firewire) connection. Assign 192.168.1.3
to the integrated LAN connection.
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