A Computer Problem.....Will My Solution Work...Etc.

Unless you pay for the extra IP address for the second cable modem, only one could(should) work at a time.

Theoretically, your scenario should work as long as you only have one hooked up at a time.

Like I said before, for the extra cost of the cable modem and the extra cost of the IP address, you could buy a Linksys broadband router and use both computers at the same time.

 

You can get the Linksys broadband router with 4 ports or none..
if you get the one with none, you need to buy a hub (or switch) to network the multiple computers together.

Are these computers in different rooms? If so, you will have to string a network cable from the other one to where the router is..

 

You could go wireles but it's certainly more expensive.

I have a Siemens 2-port wired (would've gotten 4-port, but they were sold out ). I still haven't gotten it working.

My problem is trying to set up XP with 98.


That, and my brother set it up, or at least tried.

Good thing my next door neighbor sets up networks at the University for a living.

 

I think you do have to have the same OS to hook up a home network. I'm not sure, but I have a hunch that you have to have the same ones.

 

No.

 

absolutely not....

out of the 7 I have hooked up on my network..

2 run Linux
1 runs XP
3 run Win2K
and 1 runs 98

hell...if I wanted to and had one, I could hook a Mac up to my network and share files and such with it..

 

Damn I feel sorry for you. Do you buy your computer equipment at Jethro Kompooter Sooply or what?
Dude, seriously, get a MAC!

 

I have one of these Cable/DSL 4 port Linksys routers and I cannot for the life of me get it to work. Right now...I am using this router's uplink which my cable modem feeds via a crossover cable. I then have my PC hooked up to port one using regular cat5 ethernet cable. The router is basically acting as a hub and works fine in this configuration.

However, my problem is whenever I try hooking the cable modem to the WAN port using regular ethernet cable, my link lights on port one and the WAN port are lit up but I cannot get out to the Internet at all. When I check my WINIPCFG settings, my PC seems to be picking up an IP assigned by the router. However, when I do a release all/renew all, it hangs and never releases the IP. Bottom line is I cannot get out to the Internet. I have followed every damn instruction I know of. I guess I should call the Linksys tech support. I thought these things were pretty much plug and play but it's not working for me using the WAN port...which is how it should be configured.

Any ideas, rockets2k, since you seem to have hooked these up before. I wonder if mine isn't just a defective. I don't know...I borrowed it from my bro. I checked all the settings on the router admin homepage and they all seem fine. I'm using DHCP.

So frustrating...I have tried everything in the manuals and I can think of. I'm not exactly computer illiterate, either. I'm leaning toward defective or I'm missing a very key piece of the puzzle.

Any ideas? Anyone? thanks, Surf

 

Make sure you have all your floppy, zip, or CD out before you boot. If it still doesn't work, put the Windows boot disk in, if you have made one. If not, try use the Windows CD to boot.

It could be hard drive corruption too. Also, you may want to go into the computer's BIOS setting and see if there's something suspicious.

 

As soon as your computer starts to boot up (during the RAM check), press either the esc or delete keys (its usually one of those). That will bring you into your BIOS menu.

Look around in there and you will find a section where it lists the boot devices (it will usually show primary boot device, secondary boot device, etc.). Make sure your floppy is listed as the 1st one and you usually want your hard drive listed as the second one.

Also, there should be a section in the BIOS called "IDD Auto Detection" or something like that. Select that and see if it picks up the hard drive. If it does, then I would run FDSISK (youll have to have your startup disk) and see if it is picking up the hard drive also. If both do, then your hard drive is corrupt.

Either way, sounds like you have a bad/corrupt hard drive.

 

Not necessarily. Your software on the drive (specifically the OS) might be just messed up (in that case, do a reinstall of your OS). However, it is possible that your HD is actually fried. That is why I suggested running FDISK or see if your BIOS Auto IDD Detection picks it up. If they don't, then your hardrive is probably fried (either that, or the IDD port on your motherboard went bad or a cable came loose (not likely)).

If this is a constant problem for you, I would take a hard long look at the type of aftermarket software you are using or downloading (there might be a specific program you use that caused it the 1st time and is causing it now, which would explain why this keeps happening). Virus can mess up your HD too.

 

I have never used Kazaa so I don't know if you can get a virus from there or not.

When doing a reinstall, if you are ok with reformatting like that, I would definitely suggest doing an FDISK before hand. Remove/deactivate all the old partitions and create new ones.

What brand HD are you using? Ive always used Western Digital (Top of the line IMO) and have always had great stability.