Network/ICS problems
I have two problems, I suspect connected, which have appeared for the first time since formatting my hard drive.
My gateway computer, called DAD, recognizes my daughters’ computer (called GIRLS) on the network, but vice versa does not apply. Network Neighbourhood in Windows Explorer on GIRLS shows both DAD and GIRLS, but when DAD is selected, nothing appears. Similarly when the desktop shortcut to DAD's Poota is selected, an error message appears "The drive or network connection is unavailable".
Secondly, no matter how many times I try I cannot get GIRLS to share the Internet. I have run ICS, I have configured GIRLS with the floppy disc made from ICS, it says everything is fine, but GIRLS cannot connect to the Internet. I have uninstalled everything and started again; same result.
Both computers have more TCP/IP’s and NetBeuis installed than you can poke a stick at. I have file and printer sharing selected, but it makes no difference if I deselect them. I’m using W98SE on a 900 Celeron, with Realtek PCI Ethernet NIC network cards. Device Manager shows no conflicts. Everything used to work fine. It’s almost as though somewhere I have selected something accidentally which stops GIRLS getting any access to DAD.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
PS: Also, should my primary network logon be Client for Microsoft Networks or Windows Logon?
Last edited by Binoculars; 10th May 2002 at 07:33.