Paul,

Thanks - never really suspected the wiring, but will give that a shot. Only 3 involved though, and not through any walls or such.

Yes, I've checked that sharing is enabled. And it was working nicely at one point.

I've done a "reinstall of Win98, dropping NetBIEU before doing so. No relief!@#@!@

But I'll keep at it. Got to get this working!

Thanks again,

Jim N



>>Hi All,
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>>Sorry this is not VFP, but this is the place I come for help, so...
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>>I have 3 machines in a MS Network setup using Ethernet cards connected with coax T-connections.
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>>I have been into the Properties of Network Neighborhood and REMOVED the network adapter, MS VPN, IPX/SPX..., NETBEUI..., re-booted and then re-installed all of that.
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>>Can anyone suggest some course of action to resolve this??
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> There's a lot of things that can cause problems. Whenever I have a problem on a coax network, I usually check the wiring and terminators first. If they check out OK, I move on to the machine having the problems. Wiring problems can cause some machines on the network to work OK, but others to have all sorts of bizarre problems - and the problems are not necessarily anywhere near the bad cable and/or terminator.
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> Once that's checked, I suggest you get rid of NetBEUI, and IPX and just use TCP/IP. If that's not an option, I'd use IPX before using NetBEUI. NetBEUI can cause problems with some applications.
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> Do you have sharing enabled on all the computers? Have you tried to connect to a shared drive (on the computer that can't see the other two computers)? Open a DOS prompt and try: NET USE \\MachineName\ShareName
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>You'll need to replace "MachineName" with the name of one of the computers that has a shared drive. "ShareName" is the name of the shared drive. Sometimes even though browsing doesn't work, you can still establish a network connection.