Networking 2 comps. 1st Time!!
Hi everyone,
My first time trying to network 2 comps at home.
Here’s the case:
2 NETGEAR FA310TX NIC cards and an 4 port EN104TP Ethernet Hub.
Both comps are on WIN 98SE.
I checked the drivers in device manager and both NIC Cards are installed fine.
Right click>Network Neighborhood>properties>configuration tab,
“Primary Network Logon” is set to “Microsoft Family Logon”
“Checked” both options in “File and Print Sharing”
Under “Identification” Tab,
Computer name is a family member's name,
The Workgroup is “WORKGROUP” and yea, both computers have it spelled the same.
“computer description” is just blank.
Ok, so now I double-click on “Network Neighborhood>Entire Network>Workgroup>then, there is only one computer there, it’s the local or the computer I’m using. That’s the only one in there. I disconnected the Hub to my comp and it the same thing, even after restarting the comp, just my comp. So do you think the hub is bad? I just bought that thing.
Oh, I tried Start>run>\\(comp name) and it could not find it.
Do I have a bad HUB or am I missing to configure something?
Oh, all the lights on the hardware (NICs, HUB) turn on.
Any suggestion or advise would be appreciated.
Thanks guys!!!