[dba-Tech] Modems

On 18 Aug 2003 at 6:52, Steven W. Erbach wrote:

> 
> Now, of course, Hayes doesn't appear to make modems anymore, and I've got
> a cable modem. It's connected to our 3Com  OfficeConnect hub so that our
> home network shares the modem.
> 
> My problem is that I can't figure out why in tarnation our sons' PC can no
> longer connect to the GoreNet. There may be multiple problems here, but
> I've tried to narrow down all of the possibilities.
> 

> I'm not asking so much for specific advice to follow as to what you cable
> modem users have done to educate yourselves in the arcana of sharing cable
> modems on a LAN. My w/s and my wife's w/s connect just fine. I've tried
> the standard things like taking everybody off-line and shutting down and
> unplugging the modem for 60 seconds...as well as connecting the modem
> directly to our sons' PC. No dice.

You need to think about a cable modem on a hub more like a network 
connection than a traditional modem. 

Can you ping the othjer two machines from your son's. 

If not, you need to look at the basic network settings and make sure 
that it has a compatible network address and mask.

If you can, then the first thing I would look at is the gateway 
configuration. Is the gateway the same on your son's PC as the 
others.

If these don't help, post a bit more info.
ie protocols, network addresses, masks and gateways defined for all t 
three PCs and the Cable modem.

> I think I'm at the point where I need to think about re-installing Windows
> XP home on their confuser...however we upgraded from Windows ME to XP Home.
> I'd kinda like to go down to the bare metal and install XP Professional
> instead (my and my wife's workstations are Win 2000 Pro)...but I don't have
> an extra $130 or whatever it costs to purchase an XP-Pro upgrade.
> 
Personally I'd install W2K on it instead. I've come across no end of 
problems with networking XP on mixed OS networks.

> Maybe I'm just looking for a crying towel...it just seems to me like
> everything is hidden from view in Windows XP Home. There are so many layers
> "protecting" me, the poor, dumb user, from the intricacies of modern GoreNet
> communications.
> 

Absolutely correct. MS don't want you to use it on a network - they 
want you to pay extra for the Pro version.

 
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