LAN Problem!!!! Anyone??

I have 2 pc's on a co-ax LAN... Works great in Win' 98.. can see each puta.. send are recieve stuff... and on my 166 (lesser puta.. 333 other) I can host anything!!! BUT.. my 333 can't :-(... I have only been able to host BattleFirld Communicator... that didn't work great tho :-( I have also had this prob with other ppl who have come around for LAN races.. (3) and I have been hosting OK.. and then suddenly they would GPF CRASH!!!! This is in GPL btw.... BUT.. if another of my friends hosts.. (Vail Riches).. it worked GREAT!!! No problems. :-| We all have the same Network cards.. drivers.. etc... Hmm.. can't work it out.. It sin't soooo bad.. but I want to be ableto host on the 333 cos it isprobably better... HAS anyone had this problem??? How do I get around it?? What is the cure?? ANyone?? Thanx.... James Pickard, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA

Are you running Win98? We have a 5pc LAN in our house (students you see :) ), and when we all had Win95, there were no problems. Once we began to drift over individually to 98, people kept getting booted from games. We tried changing cables, changing plugs, removing PCs from the LAN one by one, even tried borrowing an RJ45 hub, to no avail. Finally it turned out that the Realtek compatible Network card drivers that ship with Win98 are a pile of pants. When we installed the '98 drivers that came on a floppy with someone's card onto all the computers, our problems were immediately solved. Check your driver disk, if there's a 98 driver there, install it. If that doesn't make any difference, (and assuming you're using a standard Realtek you our drivers, or post them on my website so you can d/l them Hope that helps. Mike West. 3DNow! UK: www.3dnow.freeserve.co.uk P.S. if not all PC's are on 98, at least install the drivers on the server. That should make it stable enough to connect to.

Doh! just realised I put a typo in my e-mail address! Derek (original posting) has already contacted me about this, but if anyone else wants the drivers, let me know and I'll post them on my site - assuming it's legal to do so (anyone know about that?!) Mike West 3DNow! UK: www.3dnow.freeserve.co.uk

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> Are you running Win98? > We have a 5pc LAN in our house (students you see :) ), and when we all had > Win95, there were no problems. Once we began to drift over individually to > 98, people kept getting booted from games. We tried changing cables, > changing plugs, removing PCs from the LAN one by one, even tried borrowing > an RJ45 hub, to no avail. > Finally it turned out that the Realtek compatible Network card drivers

that > ship with Win98 are a pile of pants. When we installed the '98 drivers that

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> came on a floppy with someone's card onto all the computers, our problems > were immediately solved. > Check your driver disk, if there's a 98 driver there, install it. If that > doesn't make any difference, (and assuming you're using a standard Realtek > you our drivers, or post them on my website so you can d/l them > Hope that helps. > Mike West. > 3DNow! UK: www.3dnow.freeserve.co.uk > P.S. if not all PC's are on 98, at least install the drivers on the

server.

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> That should make it stable enough to connect to. > > I have 2 pc's on a co-ax LAN... > > Works great in Win' 98.. can see each puta.. send are recieve > > stuff... and on my 166 (lesser puta.. 333 other) I can host > > anything!!! > > BUT.. my 333 can't :-(... I have only been able to host BattleFirld > > Communicator... that didn't work great tho :-( > > I have also had this prob with other ppl who have come around for LAN > > races.. (3) and I have been hosting OK.. and then suddenly they would > > GPF CRASH!!!! > > This is in GPL btw.... > > BUT.. if another of my friends hosts.. (Vail Riches).. it worked > > GREAT!!! No problems. :-| > > We all have the same Network cards.. drivers.. etc... > > Hmm.. can't work it out.. It sin't soooo bad.. but I want to be > > ableto host on the 333 cos it isprobably better... > > HAS anyone had this problem??? > > How do I get around it?? What is the cure?? > > ANyone?? > > Thanx.... > > James Pickard, > > Melbourne, > > AUSTRALIA

Hey Mike, I think we're suffering from the same problem that you had. I had a feeling the Win98 Realtek drivers were crap, but I haven't had any alternatives to test it out. If you could mail me those drivers you mentioned, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks in advance, Derek.

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>Are you running Win98? >We have a 5pc LAN in our house (students you see :) ), and when we all had >Win95, there were no problems. Once we began to drift over individually to >98, people kept getting booted from games. We tried changing cables, >changing plugs, removing PCs from the LAN one by one, even tried borrowing >an RJ45 hub, to no avail. >Finally it turned out that the Realtek compatible Network card drivers that >ship with Win98 are a pile of pants. When we installed the '98 drivers that >came on a floppy with someone's card onto all the computers, our problems >were immediately solved. >Check your driver disk, if there's a 98 driver there, install it. If that >doesn't make any difference, (and assuming you're using a standard Realtek >you our drivers, or post them on my website so you can d/l them >Hope that helps. >Mike West. >3DNow! UK: www.3dnow.freeserve.co.uk >P.S. if not all PC's are on 98, at least install the drivers on the server. >That should make it stable enough to connect to. >> I have 2 pc's on a co-ax LAN... >> Works great in Win' 98.. can see each puta.. send are recieve >> stuff... and on my 166 (lesser puta.. 333 other) I can host >> anything!!! >> BUT.. my 333 can't :-(... I have only been able to host BattleFirld >> Communicator... that didn't work great tho :-( >> I have also had this prob with other ppl who have come around for LAN >> races.. (3) and I have been hosting OK.. and then suddenly they would >> GPF CRASH!!!! >> This is in GPL btw.... >> BUT.. if another of my friends hosts.. (Vail Riches).. it worked >> GREAT!!! No problems. :-| >> We all have the same Network cards.. drivers.. etc... >> Hmm.. can't work it out.. It sin't soooo bad.. but I want to be >> ableto host on the 333 cos it isprobably better... >> HAS anyone had this problem??? >> How do I get around it?? What is the cure?? >> ANyone?? >> Thanx.... >> James Pickard, >> Melbourne, >> AUSTRALIA