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First post, by dada

Posted on 2011-07-09, 17:53

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Hi there, I was wondering if you guys could help me with Ethernet on Windows 95. I have an Ethernet card installed, the drivers seem to be working, but I can't seem to be able to connect to the LAN. The cable is confirmed working in its current configuration.

Here's what winipcfg says:

Basically the cable is connected to an Airport Extreme which should simply give an IP address to anything connecting to it. It works with all other machines I've used. Maybe it uses some sort of newer protocol that the drivers do not support?

Reply 1 of 5, by DosFreak

Posted on 2011-07-09, 19:07

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Set a static IP and see if that works.

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Reply 2 of 5, by TheMAN

Posted on 2011-07-09, 19:57

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Reply 3 of 5, by DrSwizz

Posted on 2011-07-09, 22:26

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Networking in Windows 95 is broken. Try unistalling all network drivers & reboot & then reinstall everything again. You sometimes need to do this a few times to get it working.

Reply 4 of 5, by MrKsoft

Posted on 2011-07-10, 04:23

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I had a Realtek 8139 that had the same issue. I'd plug it right into my ethernet switch and it would never get an IP address even though every other machine could. Tried it in a few different computers, a few different OSes, and it turned out the card was dead. Very frustrating.

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Reply 5 of 5, by Shodan486

Posted on 2011-08-15, 05:45

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Have the IP address manually inserted - DHCP should work under W95, I'm gonna test it at home today, maybe if the time allows me. Anyways it definitely works with chips like 8139D when using a static IP ( Also the other computers must use static IP !!! ) and make sure you have your local computers under the same domain name. I copy a lot of huge games via LAN to my 486 units (comfy), never to come back to CDs 😀.

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