TCP/IP on a WinMe machine possible?

[dogbone]

I'm trying to put an Emachine (yeah, I know) on the network. I've put the card in and installed the WinMe drivers. I've added the NetBios and TCP/IP protocols and I can access the network. I can read shared drives on other machines.

Problem is everyting is running with the NetBios protocol. I can't ping the router that provides our internet service so I know the IP protocol is not functioning properly.

If I delete the NetBios protocol I can't access the network at all.

I've removed and installed the card several times. Even tried a USB/ethernet network interface with the same results.

Anybody have experience with IP and WinMe?

thanks for any help.

 

[bobjohnr]

Did you give it an IP address, either static or from DHCP? Can you ping localhost?

 

[goldboyd]

NetBIOS is a layer 5 protocol, while TCP/IP is layer 3. Which means that NetBIOS runs OVER, not alongside TCP/IP. So if you can access other computers on your network, TCP/IP is at least partially configured right and working. Unless you mean NETBEUI instead of NetBIOS.

 

[dogbone]

I do mean NETBEUI sorry for the confusion

If TCP/IP is the only protocol loaded then I'm dead in the water.

any ideas? thanks

 

[dogbone]

The router on the network serves as a DCHP so I have that marked in the IP setup.

I haven't tried pinging locahost, I'll see what that does.

thanks.