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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=815544213-18082003>><FONT color=#000000>"Eventually, socialists run out
of other people's money."</FONT><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=815544213-18082003>We can
only hope the democrats run out of OPM soon. ;-)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=815544213-18082003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=815544213-18082003>Given
that the computer sees the net, then the problem likely lies in the protocol or
something similar. There are many different protocols that can be used on
a LAN, only one that can be used on the web - TCP/IP. You will need to
make sure that this computer has TCP/IP installed and functioning. That's
the first step. I</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<P><FONT size=2>John W. Colby<BR>www.colbyconsulting.com</FONT> </P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
dba-tech-bounces@databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces@databaseadvisors.com]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Steven W.
Erbach<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 18, 2003 9:27 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
Discussion of Hardware and Software issues<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [dba-Tech]
Modems<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jon,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>>> <FONT face="Times New Roman">Are the
pc's networked? <<</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Some quick details that I should have included in
my original message:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Novell NetWare 5.1 running on 533 Mhz file
server.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>10 MBit Ethernet cards in all PCs (666
MHz and 800 MHz Win 2000 Pro, 800 Mhz Win XP Home)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>3Com OfficeConnect Ethernet Hub 8C (8 ports; one
of them an uplink port for the modem; plus 1 BNC
connector)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Win XP Home system sees the NetWare LAN all
right. I've been able to access the server's drive to install new
software.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Steve Erbach<BR>Scientific Marketing<BR>Neenah,
WI</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Eventually, socialists run out of other people's
money."<BR>-- Lady Margaret Thatcher<BR></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>