Re: Reverting Wireless to Wired Network.

In article <#pvhrM#WFHA.2080@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "James O.
Thompson" <thethompsons@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Firstly, thanks Steve for responding so promptly to my request for help. I
>posted my plea on Saturday morning and you replied by Sunday morning. Good
>work.
>
>Secondly, my problem has been fixed by (blush) replacing a missing
>terminator onto my Windows 2000 machine.
>
>I took so long to respond because I was thrashing on things. Your
>suggestions got me to the point where each computer could ping itself but
>not the others on the network. I worked with Norton Firewall (disabling,
>uninstalling, reinstalling, uninstalling, etc.), Windows Firewall and a
>bunch of other things but could get nothing consistant to report. Finally,
>in attempting to simplfy the setup, I removed the Win 2000 machine and the
>two XP machines cleared up. Finally, I realized I had no terminator on the
>Win 2000 thin ethernet cable.
>
>Steve, I really appreciate your effort in this. It means so much to connect
>with someone who knows what he is doing. My Microsoft documentation keeps
>telling me to talk to my "network administrator". Unfortunately, that is me
>and I don't seem to be pretty incompetent.
>
>Jim Thompson

You're welcome, Jim. I'm glad that my suggestions helped you. Thanks
for letting the news group know the ultimate solution.
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