Hello, Well here is the problem. I have a FIC VA-503+ Mainboard with a K6-2 300 and a D-Link 528CT NIC. The rest is all standard stuff and Window 98. Just recently, I tried to view my other two pc's on the network from that computer and could not. I installed TCP/IP for both the NIC and the Dial-up adapter and it was working fine up until about 3 PM yesterday. I use WINGATE (a proxy server allowing multiple connections through one PPP connection) on this machine which is why I have the TCP/IP protocol enabled. Anyway, I uninstalled everything in the network and had Windows detect and reinstall the NIC card. Everything worked fine, able to see my other two computers. Now, when I installed the Dial Up adapter and configured it with TCP/IP, after running WINIPCFG, I don't see the PPP adapter entry, only the one for the NIC additionally, it won't let me make a PPP connection because it can't see that there is a TCP protocol for the dial up adapter. So I uninstall everything again, this time I don't allow windows to install the NIC but I do install the Dial-up adapter w/TCP/IP, I now can dial up my ISP now and browse the WWW. I then install the NIC and TCP/IP and when I run WINIPCFG this time the PPP adapter shows up but not the NIC. Of course each time I make changes to the network I have to reboot. Additionally, I went into Safe Mode to see if there were duplicates of adapters (none). So, I go into System information and low and behold, it tells me there is a problem with one of the TCP/IP drivers and tells me to reinstall the driver. I've done this already and it doesn't solve the problem. I also loaded a backed up version of my registry from the day earlier and it still doesn't solve the problem. Short of reinstalling Windows 98, I am at an end here unless someone here can give me other suggestions as to the source of the problem. Additionally, I have tried all the drivers for the 528CT NIC including the one Window 98 likes to install for it (realtek 8029AS). Regards, Fox

Did you run System File Checker? Did you use IPCONFIG /ALL from DOS prompt? This will give same info as WINIPCFG, but without GUI. Does Device Manager show NIC is functional? Interesting problem. If above doesn't help or reveal critical info, installing Win98 over itself (without formatting) may do the trick, but that would only be the second-last resort. Make sure to backup anything you can't afford to lose before doing any reinstalling. Best of Luck.

DC, Thanks I didn't think about System File Checker however, it didn't reveal anything. Additionally, IPCONFIG/ALL gave the same type of info that I was getting before. In device manager, everything shows up functional. I solved this problem before by going from the native D-Link drivers to the Realtek 8029 driver and then just updating the driver once everything was working. However, I think the machine is on to me this time since it won't let anything work. Really odd problem. Anyway, I'll wait just a bit more to see if someone else give me any other suggestions. Right now, that computer is up on the network but is not acting as the WINGATE server. It can browse the network just fine. Just can't do it when the Dial Up adapter is installed. Regards, Fox

A couple more things: Did you download latest drivers for the NIC? Try clearing Network again, reboot, then let PnP install NIC. Reboot again (98 will complain about not having complete network - ignore it.) Install Dialup & get it working without installing anything else for the NIC. Now reboot yet again. Install Client for MS, TCP/IP for NIC, and F&P sharing. I've found that it's always best to reboot after installation of NIC driver (whether PnP or manual.) Installing client, protocol or service at the same time as NIC drivers only seems to invite complications. Have you tried using NetBEUI as LAN protocol & see if this changes anything?

DC, Currently I am using NetBEUI and TCP/IP for the NIC card. Everything works fine unless I try to have both the NIC and DIAL-UP Adapter using TCP/IP. Whichever one gets installed first seems to be the one that works. Yes I have the latest D-Link drivers and have tried the old ones, new ones and the RealTek 8029 drivers which windows seems to like to install as the default. I'll give your new suggestion a whirl and let you know. Thanks for giving me some additional suggestions. Regards, Fox