Re: Win98 Cant Connect to NT 4.0 Domain

From: Duane Arnold (notme_at_notme.com)
Date: 01/03/04 

Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2004 07:37:08 GMT

jdsuowner@yahoo.com (djtech) wrote in
news:d123b8ea.0401022314.208fc158@posting.google.com:

> NeoSadist <neosad1st@charter.net> wrote in message
> news:<vvbumhgi51n289@corp.supernews.com>...
>> djtech wrote:
>>
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > We have 9 computers (WINXP Pro) and 1 computer (Win98) hooked up to
>> > a 16port Linksys switch that is hooked up to a Linksys BEFSX41
>> > router...All of these computers are members of a NT 4.0
>> > Domain...The ONLY computer that is having problems connecting to
>> > the domain is the Windows 98 one...Before we switched to the
>> > linksys router they all worked perfectly for years, which leads us
>> > to believe there is something to do with the Router and the Win98
>> > machine...We can temporarily get the Win98 machine to connect to
>> > the Domain if we change the IP Address to some other number...Then
>> > when it stops working somedays we have to change it to another IP
>> > Address to get it to connect again...Any thoughts?
>> >
>> > DJ
>>
>> Win98 is obsolete. However, check into your winxp domain config --
>> it may be that they're using the new version of whatever.
>
>
> What do you mean the winxp domain config?
>
> We are running Static IP's on all of the machines...I dont think its
> an IP thing cuz I have tried several ip's and it ends up doing the
> same thing after a while...Very odd
>

It could be a possible router problem like being defective. Have you
tried using different ports for the Win 9'x machine and the problem
follows? You sure it's not the NIC that is having problems? You sure it's
not the CAT5? I here some NIC's don't play well with some routers.

Duane :)

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