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Hi chaps,
I recently installed a Netgear FS105 hub to
network my two PCs and subsequently added a cable modem.
PC 1 is a Pentium 1 120 MHz running windows 95 and
PC 2 is a Pentium 3 450 Mhz running windows 98. Each PC is fitted with a Netgear
FA311 NI card.
Initially PC 2 was acting as a dial-up gateway as
it had a 56K modem (PC 1 has a 28.8K modem), both PCs able to access the
internet simultaneously over the single telephone line, and each PC was
able to share all the files of the other. This was achieved using the Netgear
software which came with the FS105 hub.
Prior to the installation of the cable modem PC 2
suffered a fatal crash and subsequently failed to act as a dial-up gateway. I am
currently unable to access the internet from PC 1 as I believe it requires PC 2
to act as a gateway for the cable modem as well as the dial-up modem. I have
spent many hours re-installing dial-up and network adapters and attempting to
set-up internet sharing but to no avail. The Netgear software also fails. I am
certain that the problem lies with the adapters and the protocols and I really
am not sure what is the correct combination.
I have been able to set up networking and file
sharing between the PCs but currently have removed the facility as it appears to
cause PC 2 to lock up when accessing the internet.
Can anybody please point me in the right direction? According to the
information I have, I should only need to set up TCP/IP protocols for the
adapters but there appears to be a distinct lack of communication despite the
synchronised flashing of 100M LEDs at the hub!
Brian
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