I posted this in another thread with little response. Thought I'd give it one more try.
The first time I tried peer-to-peer networking I had an oddball compatibility problem. For some reason my 3Com 3CSOHO100-TX 10/100 Fast Ethernet PCI NIC wouldn't communicate with two different 3Com PC-Card NICs. I stuck a D-Link PCI NIC in and everything worked fine.
Here's my only clue as to why the D-Link worked and the 3Com didn't:
In Network Properties under the adapter's Advanced tab the D-Link's options were more similar to the options of the two 3Com PC-Cards.
The 3Com PCI NIC asked for PCI Bus Number and PCI Slot number (along with Duplex Mode) but the D-Link options were more like the PC-Cards, which only asked for Polarity Selection and Duplex Mode.
I'd like to be able to use the 3Com NIC if possible since I've heard it's a better card. I already d/loaded all the latest VIA drivers. That made no difference.
Anyone else have this happen to them?
Anyone have this Asus/3Com combination without problems?
Is there some kind of conflict with my other other hardware?
CPU: Athlon 900MHz @ 1005MHz 134 x 7.5
Motherboard: ASUS A7V133
Memory: 256 MB of Crucial PC133 CL2
Video Card: ASUS V7700Deluxe GF2
Hard Drive: Two 30GB Maxtors in RAID=0 60.0 GB @ 7200 RPMS
Additional Hard Drive: IBM Deskstar 45GB 7200 RPM
Monitor: KDS 17in Flat Screen .24mm
DVD: Pioneer 115R 16x
CDR/CDRW: TDK-CDRW161040X
Sound Card: Onboard VIA AC'97
Network Card: D-Link DFE-538TX+10/100 PCI Fast Ethernet
Operating System: Win98se
The first time I tried peer-to-peer networking I had an oddball compatibility problem. For some reason my 3Com 3CSOHO100-TX 10/100 Fast Ethernet PCI NIC wouldn't communicate with two different 3Com PC-Card NICs. I stuck a D-Link PCI NIC in and everything worked fine.
Here's my only clue as to why the D-Link worked and the 3Com didn't:
In Network Properties under the adapter's Advanced tab the D-Link's options were more similar to the options of the two 3Com PC-Cards.
The 3Com PCI NIC asked for PCI Bus Number and PCI Slot number (along with Duplex Mode) but the D-Link options were more like the PC-Cards, which only asked for Polarity Selection and Duplex Mode.
I'd like to be able to use the 3Com NIC if possible since I've heard it's a better card. I already d/loaded all the latest VIA drivers. That made no difference.
Anyone else have this happen to them?
Anyone have this Asus/3Com combination without problems?
Is there some kind of conflict with my other other hardware?
CPU: Athlon 900MHz @ 1005MHz 134 x 7.5
Motherboard: ASUS A7V133
Memory: 256 MB of Crucial PC133 CL2
Video Card: ASUS V7700Deluxe GF2
Hard Drive: Two 30GB Maxtors in RAID=0 60.0 GB @ 7200 RPMS
Additional Hard Drive: IBM Deskstar 45GB 7200 RPM
Monitor: KDS 17in Flat Screen .24mm
DVD: Pioneer 115R 16x
CDR/CDRW: TDK-CDRW161040X
Sound Card: Onboard VIA AC'97
Network Card: D-Link DFE-538TX+10/100 PCI Fast Ethernet
Operating System: Win98se
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