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kcrispin3 · 01-13-2002, 05:10 AM

That is a very interesting problem you have there.

Here is what i would do.

1) take that XP box out of the network by disconnecting that box from teh hub. That way you have isolated one variable.

2) then see if you can get the other misbehaving boxes on the net and seeing each other.

If so, then you have isolated the problem category, that is, somehow the XP box is causing grief.

3) On the XP box, get into the services applet in control panel OR through teh msconfig utility. (Start, Run, msconfig), and disable all services that have to do with internet connection sharing server, server, dhcp server, computer browser).

4) Restart, then reconnect the XP box to the hub. Run XP's networking wizard to connect to the internet.. pretending that you are on a LAN which has a DHCP server.

01-13-2002, 05:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
kcrispin3 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Goleta, CA, USA Posts: 275	That is a very interesting problem you have there. Here is what i would do. 1) take that XP box out of the network by disconnecting that box from teh hub. That way you have isolated one variable. 2) then see if you can get the other misbehaving boxes on the net and seeing each other. If so, then you have isolated the problem category, that is, somehow the XP box is causing grief. 3) On the XP box, get into the services applet in control panel OR through teh msconfig utility. (Start, Run, msconfig), and disable all services that have to do with internet connection sharing server, server, dhcp server, computer browser). 4) Restart, then reconnect the XP box to the hub. Run XP's networking wizard to connect to the internet.. pretending that you are on a LAN which has a DHCP server.