Hi everyone who tried to help. Sorry I didn't get back sooner but had a problem with my own computer and no time to solve it!! It turned out that someone at the office had tried to install a Norton firewall on three of the computers without informing anyone. Although he then tried to remove it he didn't do it properly and it left parts which blocked their access to the network. Once I'd removed the traces it all worked.
Thanks again for all the help, it made me go back over each computer's settings and I eventually found the problem. Bram ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Turner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 9:38 PM Subject: Re: PCWorks: Network Windows98 > Bram, > Been there, done that. What I wound up doing was deleting all the network > drivers, etc., from each computer and reinstalling them. I am assuming you > are working with a Linksys. Somewhere in the bowels of the registry or the > driver files, somthing got tweaked that should not have been. Neat thing is, > if you print out all your settings, or write them down, the worst thing that > will happen is you spend a hour or more reinstalling the drivers and making > sure things are cleaned up. Best case (it worked for me) is that suddenly > the whole network functions again. > > If not Linksys, check to see if you have WEP enabled. If so, try reentering > the codes in the correct field (you should have four fields, only one of > which matters. I don't know why a WEP can go bad, without showing any sign > of being wrong, but it happens. > > I agree with the other posters. XP handles networking much better. I am glad > I switched on most of my computers. > > Mike > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PCWorks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 3:52 AM > Subject: PCWorks: Network Windows98 > > > > Hi everyone, desperately need help with a windows 98 network. > > 4 computers, all attached to 8 port hub, all with static IP addresses. All > working OK. > > Then customer bought an ADSL modem (Lan connection) plus an S_Box( > firewall and router from his ISP. > > Still kept static addresses but had to change them to match the router. > > Now only 2 computers see one another, but all receive internet. I've been > over the settings a thousand times also with the ISP, but can't get the > other computers back on the network, eexcept for the internet > > No one can offer any reason or solution. > > Anyone out there with any thoughts??? ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
