[AkashJ]

Sorry to repost this but things have changed and so I want to make a fresh start.

Heres the problem

I have 4 machines now altogether on a 5-port hub.
All 4 are on XP.

Machine 1: ICS Server. All this has is windowsXP and basically we use it on the network to connect to the internet via it... it has the modem connected to it

Machine 2: This is the one with the problem. AMD 1800XP Asus a7v333 new computer i just built and scrapped the amd 1000 kt7a which i had no problems with regarding networking.

machine 3: XP, onboard NIC works fine

Machine 4: XP, 3com NIC works fine


Now this is whats wrong
Machine 2 just cant get proper internet access

Websites time out, wont load, load slowly
other apps like mirc/msn cant establish connections, or when they do, they periodically just disconnect or msgs wont go through etc.

I formatted the machien again and same problem

I tried another nic same problem

Tried different cables, same problem

It runs on ICS, Machine 1 beign the ICS server and 2,3,4 being the clients
Ive set the IP's manually and used dhcp to control it, no luck

Hope you guys can sort it out, ive tried many forums, help channels, and newsgroups, no one can seem to figure it out

thanks

[thymios]

try disabling DHCP on the client machines. Give them manual IP's (e.g. 192.168.0.2 to 0.4) and under the DNS and gateway, write on all the client machines the IP of the host machine which should be 192.168.0.1.

[AkashJ]

I did that already
Have set manually the IP addresses
I dont get it because the 3 machiens are fine its just the new one i built for myself
And i set this one up exactly the same way as i did the other 3

[thymios]

Quote:

I tried another nic same problem

Have you tried a nic that works with the other two machines or a different one?

[AkashJ]

Yup tried a nic that i know works in another machine
also tried a 3com nic same problems

[Davros]

Have you tried different patch cables?
Have you tried a different port on the hub?
Have you tried connecting with machines 3 and 4 disconnected from the hub?

[AkashJ]

Yes
Yes
Yes

[Davros]

Maybe the NIC is competing for resources with other hardware. Check to see if it is sharing an IRQ with something else, and if possible, disable the other device. Sometimes moving the NIC to the first PCI slot is also helpful.

[AkashJ]

I disabled everything before

Had just nic

that means i disabled
firewire
8 usb including 1.1 and 2.0 and disabled them
scsi out
audigy out
raid disabled
still no luck