No ping, No browse

[F525]

I'm trying to help a friend get a pc on his network. It is a W95 and W98
peer to peer network with a 10bT hub/ Cat 5.

One machine, can not ping any of the other machines. I know the Cat 5 cable
is good, because I hooked my laptop up to it and got right into the network.

I did the following:
Removed and re-added MS networking client and file/printer sharing.
Verified Workgroup name same as others.
Verified PC had a unique name.
Verified PC had a unique IP address.
Tried two different NIC's. (A PCI 10/100 and an ISA 10bT 3com.)
There is a green status light on the hub port for this cable.

When I ping from either direction, there is no response. When I click on
Network Neighborhood, and then Entire Network, I get an *immediate* "Unable to
Browse the Network". This pc doesn't even see itself in the Network.

Any suggestions?
TIA,

Dwight

[christo418]

Did you look in Device Manager to see if your NICs were working properly? If you loaded the drivers for the card, removing the device from Device Manager, and then rebooting, Windows will detect and install drivers, then all is peachy.

[F525]

christo418-

There were no conflicts showing in Device Manager when either card was
installed.

It said "this device is working properly" or words to that effect.

Thanks for your idea.

[christo418]

Next stop-cable. If you can afford it, get a spare network cable and try. or if you have a multi-meter, try testing your existing cable for continuity. test orange to orange, orange white to orange white, etc., red probe on one pin, black on the other.
You didn't say if you had set up file and print sharing. both of your c: drives should have the little blue hand underneath them (right-click>sharing).

[F525]

To christo418, and others.
I found the cause of the problem for No ping/ No browse was due to Zone
Alarm. As soon as it was turned off, the pc saw the network immediately
and the problems disappeared.
In case any of you run into this, www.helmig.com shows how to configure
Zone Alarm so it will not interfer with the LAN.

Thanks christo for your input.

Dwight