12May2008
Greetings.
Maybe joining/posting here at techspot
will find the/a solution to this issue.
At this time I can no longer bind IPX/SPX
to any adapters. I can bind/remove/rebind
TCP/IP & other Protocols but not IPX/SPX ... not at all.
Two & half years ago I decided to reformat
the 4gb HDD in the Toshiba & cleanly reinstall WinME.
I have a WinME upgrade CD & the Win98 CD
that came with the Toshiba. At first I had no trouble
binding IPX/SPX after the clean reinstall.
Unfortunately I did not have Drive Image XML
like I do now; otherwise I could have restored
a fully-functioning back up image of the c:\ partition.
Until this IPX/SPX binding problem WinME
on the Toshiba was functioning better then ever.
I have a Toshiba 4005cds with two PCMCIA slots.
WinME shows a separate adapter for the bottom &
the top slot for the WLAN & the Surecom ethernet card.
WinME shows only one adapter for the Netgear
ehternet card whether I use the top or bottom slot.
I cannot now bind IPX/SPX to the WLAN card
top slot but previously did for the WLAN bottom slot.
Because I can use both an ethernet & the WLAN card
when the WLAN card is in the bottom slot,
this gives me operability. Adapters already
with IPX/SPX function fine. I cannot bind IPX/SPX
to the Surecom ethernet card in the bottom slot.
I cannot bind IPX/SPX to my new USB»Ethernet
adapter under WinME but have on my XP laptops.
I cannot bind IPX/SPX to my new USB»USB
adapter/cable under WinME but have on my XP laptops.
It seems I cannot use WinME TCP/IP alone
without IPX/SPX for my LAN. I have three laptops.
I started using IPX/SPX for my LAN
(after acquiring my 2nd laptop) because
TCP/IP for LAN conflicted with the TCP/IP
for internet through WLAN. I do not need IPX/SPX
for internet connections. I now use IPX/SPX
for LAN - either ethernet or WLAN.
This is not a new problem for me.
About a year after the WinME reinstall
I could no longer (re)bind IPX/SPX to my three
PCMCIA cards (2 ethernet & 1 WLAN).
Now (as then) after I double click IPX/SPX,
WinME returns me to the ADD/CANCEL popup
without binding IPX/SPX. Somehow, I really
have no idea now how, I did something & was
able to bind IPX/SPX to the PCMCIA cards.
I remember choosing HAVE DISK and trying
different .inf files. That has not worked for me now.
In any case, what is going on here?
More importantly, what can I do to restore
the functionality to WinME to bind IPX/SPX to adapters?
I tried a WinME repair install by running setup
in c:\win\options\install, but that did not restore
the IPX/SPX functionality. I suppose/hope a clean
reinstall would restore IPX/SPX binding functionality,
but I hope to find some other, less destructive solution.
The problem is NOT that IPX/SPX is not available
as an option under Protocols. I tried the Microsoft
fix of extracting/restoring inf files to c:\win\inf to no avail.
Somewhere along the line something has happened.
I don't know what & I don't know what I need to do
(other than maybe another clean WinME reinstall)
to restore IPX/SPX binding functionality.
Any insights appreciated.
Thank you.
Regards,
AEN
Æ
p.s.: I now run WinME in the Toshiba on the 40gb HDD
that was originally in my T30 with XP.
The T30 now has a 250gb HDD.
I might try a fresh WinME install on the 4gb
at some time as a test to see a clean reinstall
restores the bind IPX/SPX functionaltiy ...
Greetings.
Maybe joining/posting here at techspot
will find the/a solution to this issue.
At this time I can no longer bind IPX/SPX
to any adapters. I can bind/remove/rebind
TCP/IP & other Protocols but not IPX/SPX ... not at all.
Two & half years ago I decided to reformat
the 4gb HDD in the Toshiba & cleanly reinstall WinME.
I have a WinME upgrade CD & the Win98 CD
that came with the Toshiba. At first I had no trouble
binding IPX/SPX after the clean reinstall.
Unfortunately I did not have Drive Image XML
like I do now; otherwise I could have restored
a fully-functioning back up image of the c:\ partition.
Until this IPX/SPX binding problem WinME
on the Toshiba was functioning better then ever.
I have a Toshiba 4005cds with two PCMCIA slots.
WinME shows a separate adapter for the bottom &
the top slot for the WLAN & the Surecom ethernet card.
WinME shows only one adapter for the Netgear
ehternet card whether I use the top or bottom slot.
I cannot now bind IPX/SPX to the WLAN card
top slot but previously did for the WLAN bottom slot.
Because I can use both an ethernet & the WLAN card
when the WLAN card is in the bottom slot,
this gives me operability. Adapters already
with IPX/SPX function fine. I cannot bind IPX/SPX
to the Surecom ethernet card in the bottom slot.
I cannot bind IPX/SPX to my new USB»Ethernet
adapter under WinME but have on my XP laptops.
I cannot bind IPX/SPX to my new USB»USB
adapter/cable under WinME but have on my XP laptops.
It seems I cannot use WinME TCP/IP alone
without IPX/SPX for my LAN. I have three laptops.
I started using IPX/SPX for my LAN
(after acquiring my 2nd laptop) because
TCP/IP for LAN conflicted with the TCP/IP
for internet through WLAN. I do not need IPX/SPX
for internet connections. I now use IPX/SPX
for LAN - either ethernet or WLAN.
This is not a new problem for me.
About a year after the WinME reinstall
I could no longer (re)bind IPX/SPX to my three
PCMCIA cards (2 ethernet & 1 WLAN).
Now (as then) after I double click IPX/SPX,
WinME returns me to the ADD/CANCEL popup
without binding IPX/SPX. Somehow, I really
have no idea now how, I did something & was
able to bind IPX/SPX to the PCMCIA cards.
I remember choosing HAVE DISK and trying
different .inf files. That has not worked for me now.
In any case, what is going on here?
More importantly, what can I do to restore
the functionality to WinME to bind IPX/SPX to adapters?
I tried a WinME repair install by running setup
in c:\win\options\install, but that did not restore
the IPX/SPX functionality. I suppose/hope a clean
reinstall would restore IPX/SPX binding functionality,
but I hope to find some other, less destructive solution.
The problem is NOT that IPX/SPX is not available
as an option under Protocols. I tried the Microsoft
fix of extracting/restoring inf files to c:\win\inf to no avail.
Somewhere along the line something has happened.
I don't know what & I don't know what I need to do
(other than maybe another clean WinME reinstall)
to restore IPX/SPX binding functionality.
Any insights appreciated.
Thank you.
Regards,
AEN
Æ
p.s.: I now run WinME in the Toshiba on the 40gb HDD
that was originally in my T30 with XP.
The T30 now has a 250gb HDD.
I might try a fresh WinME install on the 4gb
at some time as a test to see a clean reinstall
restores the bind IPX/SPX functionaltiy ...
