[WinMac] Re: Networking a small group of PCs

Daniel L. Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:02:52 -0500

        Let's slow down a minute and check the fundamentals.

        First off, do you have File Sharing enabled on the windoze box(es)?
Without this, they will not show up in the Network Neighborhood.

        Second, if the card came in the box, then the drivers are also usually
installed. You can check the Device Manager to verify that the NIC has been
detected and the driver has loaded and is working properly.

        Third, check your TCP/IP settings. Alternately, for
peer-to-peer you can
load NetBEUI, which is about the fastest protocol going... But it's
non-routeable, so you'll still need IP for internet connectivity.

        Lastly, follow the Link and Activity LED's on the NIC and
hub... This is
how you can easily diagnose wiring problems.

        Hope this helps!
        Dan Schwartz

At 07:51 AM 4/27/99 -0500, you wrote:
>I am a technology specialist at a school in Milwaukee and I am trying to
>allow six Hewlett Pack Vectra VL computers to share a Deskjet 870 (machines
>are running win 95.) The HP's all came w/ a factory installed Network
>Interface Card from 3 com and the "Device Manager" shows that the machines
>are seeing the card. Do the drivers usually come pre-installed when a NIC
>is pre-installed? The drivers for the NIC appear to be installed already.
>I have them linked to an Asante 8port Friendly Net Hub. The printer is
>connected directly to one computer and "Printer sharing" is turned on at
>that one station. All of the green LEDs are showing at both the hub and
>the back of the computers. Each computer has a unique identity and they
>all share the same workgroup name. When I go to Network Neigborhood, I get
>an error message saying "unable to browse the network." Should all of the
>computers on the network show up in Network Neighborhood with their
>computer name? I want to set up similar workgroups in the other seven
>classrooms that have the same hardware configuration. Please help!!

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