3 Computer 1 Hub, 1 Router Big Problem!!!

[Milkam]

Hi all, I got a big problem.
Lets explain all the material.
3 computer
-first a P-iii with a Asus P3-bf and Nic 3COM 100Mbps and windows 2000
-Second a Piii with an Asus p3v4x and a smc 10Mbps Nic windows 2000
-Third an Amd Thunderbird with Asus A7A-266 with a D-link 10/100Mbps Nic win 98se

The Second one is going really well and No problem at all. I can go on internet with the cable modem but not with the router.

The first one Don't see any other computer on the network even plugged on the hub or the router. But the second one can see it.

The third one is the same as the first.

All the cable is in good condition. and tested ok. All the nic work as i tested it on the second one.

Please help me !!! I need it. Thanks a lot
If you need more info you can ask me. thanks again
Michel milkam@sympatico.ca

[Ron Prestenback]

Well, it could be sooooo many things. Here's what I'll do...Here's a couple of KB articles to check out, and if nothing in them helps you, then perhaps they will give you an idea of what the problem could be related to, so that you can narrow down your troubleshooting steps. If you have IE, then you can just type into the address bar "mskb ######" where ## is the article number, and you'll go straight to it.

mskb 102908 Troubleshooting TCP/IP
mskb 117633 Browsing a WAN
mskb 163391 Troubleshooting Internet communications
mskb 188001 Win2000 Browsing Service

Check out these articles and let me know if they help. Right off the bat, I suspect Master Browser issues, but read the article on the browsing service and tell me if it sounds like what's going on.

Also, how about connectivity in general? Can you ping the other machines?

[HIESLanMan]

I'm going to have to guess that the problem is IP addresses. Also, the router is probably not configured if you can't get the computer to work through it. Is the router providing DHCP? If so, are the computers getting good addresses? If you do the addresses manually, make sure they're all on the same subnet, and that you can ping each address. I'd use 192.168.0.1 for the router, and 192.168.0.2-4 for the others - if the router uses DHCP, it will probably assign those addresses. Also, make sure that TCP/IP is working on each machine by pinging the local address. This should be a pretty easy problem to fix.

[Auric]

in with lanman , you'll probably have to enable DHCP on the router so it will get an IP for the cable modem, and are the IP's in the internal network DHCP from the router as well? you may have to put the default gateway in TCP/IP as the Routers LAN IP address, and give each PC their own IP if not!