From: nyyki@gypsyheir.com   
      
   Okay, this is making me nuts.   
      
   I have a Win98SE machine with a Realtek ethernet 10/100 NIC. It's connected   
   through a Synoptics hub and a Hawking Switch to my DLink router and the   
   Server, a windows 2000 machine with SP4 installed. All updates are working   
   on the Win98 box.   
      
   It won't hit the network. The switch is known good, because other machines   
   plugged into it can hit the server. The hub is known good because my Win2k   
   pro system hits the network just fine. I've tried cables, swapped ports on   
   the hub, and in general tried just about everything. Winipcfg did me no   
   good.   
      
   Pinging 127.0.0.1 returns four good responses with an average time of 0ms.   
   So I know the NIC is good. The machine is configured to grab a dynamic IP   
   and to poll the DHCP server.   
      
   I've got no configuration of WINS in the network properties, and I'm   
   currently not using any local DNS services on the server. (That will change   
   soon)   
      
   Anyone got any ideas? The services installed are Client Services for   
   Microsoft Networks, Client services for Netware, TCP/IP, NetBEUI, IPx/SPX,   
   and File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks. The primary login is to   
   Microsoft networks. (The Novell stuff is for my netware server, which   
   currently seems to have a bad NIC) The machine is given a unique name and   
   configured in the right workgroup. I've rebuilt the TCP/IP stack, so that   
   isn't the problem.   
      
   Any help would be greatly appreciated.   
      
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