I'm a total networking newbie, and all I've done so far I have learned on the fly pretty much. Anyway, I have my first home network going, between a WindowsME machine and a Win98 machine, networked using AMD brand PNA phoneline-networking cards, with TCP/IP. It would appear I did it successfully, as file and print sharing seems to work, but here's the deal: I can trasnfer small files all the live long day, such as small jpgs and text documents, but as soon as I try to transfer something around 500k or larger, the transfer starts and a few seconds later fails, and reports that the network resource is no longer available, and all network communications are impossible afterwards. The other PC still appears in the Network Neighborhood but is totally inaccessable. Trying to ping each other also becomes impossible. The only way to get the network back up seems to be to reboot, sometimes both machines. But then I'm back where I started, unable to transfer anything other than tiny files. It seems to not only be large files, but any large amount of data at once...like games or using PCAnywhere between the PC's. This sounds to me like it could stem from a vast array of problems, but I'd still like any input anyone has to offer. Basically, here's all I did to get this going: -Installed both NICs and drivers -Gave one PC an IP of 192.168.0.1 and .2 to the other -Used the 'Home Networking Wizard' found under 'My network Places' on WinME and had it create a 'Home Networking Setup' floppy disk, which it said could be used in win9x machines. -Used the floppy on the 98 machine -Shared some folders on each machine That's it. And it worked, or so it seems. Anyone have any ideas what could be causing this problem, or how to troubleshoot it? I'd really aprpeciate it.

I would guess that the problem lies in your phone wiring somewhere. As a test, just get a single long phone cord, and connect the two systems directly. If that works, then the lines are the problem. If it doesn't, give the AMD guys a shout. All of their contact information is at this site: http://www.amd.com/support/techsup.html HTH, Chase

Thanks for the tip. It just so happens I have a 50-foot phone cord which just barely reaches from one pc to the other. This certainly revealed the heart of the problem. I was then able to transfer very large files to and from, using both machines, with the network withstanding just fine. Wonder what it is about my phone line that is bad. Maybe inaudible line noise or something. At least I now know the cards are okay, and that I did the software stuff right. That makes me feel a little better. Thanks a lot for your help. I cant leave this long cord running through the house, so I guess it's back to the drawing board.