Re: FN-FORUM: network problems

date posted 14th January 2005 16:20

They have a wiki.

http://wiki.ethereal.com/

and a user guide

http://www.ethereal.com/docs/user-guide/

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Kathy
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Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: network problems


>
> > Make sure you have at least sp1 on XP, GOLD doesn't work properly with
third
> > party DHCP servers - also check for spyware and viruses. Check also for
> > rogue lmhosts and hosts files. Make sure there are no manual DNS
settings
> > on anything. Run ipconfig /all on all PCs to see what is actually
> > happening. Make sure NAT, PAT or whatever is setup correctly on the
Netgear.
> Netgear works fine if other PC's are disconnected with 1, 2 or 3 PC's
>
> > Might be a master browser issue. What OS on the other PCs?
> Others are all XP (apart from one old Win98 which is off most of the time)
>
> > If that doesn't solve it, try something like Ethereal to see what
traffic
> > there is and what it is doing.
>
> Will do. Suspicion is also on MSN Beta which is running on at least
> one of the kids PC's. Any clues how to use Ethereal? Any links most
> welcome as I feel I need to look into the protocol side to resolve the
> problem.
>
> Peter
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