okay, heres the problem and what I've done to try to solve it. i've got an NEC running Win98 and it can only see itself on the network. there are 2 other computers in the same room and they see across the network. I've switched cables with a known working one. the light is on on the NIC and Hub. i've reinstalled TCP/IP and network card drivers. its set up for DHCP. i've pinged by DNS and IP and nothing. i've pinged 127.0.0.1 and i get an answer. What does pinging 127.0.0.1 do? I've tried pinging the server but no response. any other ideas.