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April 4th, 2004 03:00
Network cable problems
Dimension 8300 sreies, pentium 4 @ 3.0GHz, 256DDR at 400MHz, 120 BG hard drive, WinXP
Im attempting to set up a home network, but my network connections keep saying "network cable unplugged", i have attached an ethernet cable to both comps, (#1 see above, #2 uses win98se). on #1 the cable is in the plug firmly, & i have checked/ dl all updated drivers from microsoft.
running the setup wiz has not helped.nor have i found any thing else helpful in the trouble shooter guides.
any suggestions would be apprectiated. thanx
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volcano11
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April 4th, 2004 04:00
What are you connecting the cables to? If you are connecting one computer directly to another without an intervening hub or router, are you using a cross-over cable? A regular network cable will not work connecting network cards directly.
Steve
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April 7th, 2004 15:00
Hello to you both, I was about to ask this same question having just put a 10/100 PCI board in my 8200 and connecting directly to the existing 10/100 in my 8300.
So I presume I have to get a second cable and what else do I have to get?, cheap suggestions appretiated.
Whilst I am here, I really want my 8300 to be independent of the internet, when the two computers are connected, are they then in effect both connected to the internet when I go on line with the 8200?
Many tahnks
Peter Charlton