> I have a customer who I have been working with for some time now. He has 2
> computers, running Windows 98, 3Com Ethernet cards with a Microsoft Network,
> and a USRobotics modem on one of them. According to him, if the network is
> working, he cannot connect to the Internet, or if the network is not
> working, he can connect to the Internet. We have went over every setting I
> can possibly think of, verified the correct protocols are installed in
> Network properties, and reinstalled Dial Up Networking, Dial Up Adaptor, and
> TCP/IP numerous times (The two computers are using NetBEUI to connect
> between one another). It still refuses to connect. If I telnet into my PM3
> when he is dialing in, he gets as far as PPP Connecting and then it just
> drops off. He has not specified an IP address, and is not attempting to pass
> the Internet between the two computers. I am boggled. Anyone else ever deal
> with something like this?
I bet he has a default gateway set for the TCP/IP stack on his ethernet
card.
-Matt
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