TCP/IP networking with win98 SE

Im using win 98 SE and have 2 computers in a peer to peer network using a 3com hub. I have installed netbeui, ipx and tcp/ip, but when I ping other computer I never get an answer (destination host unreachable). I tried uninstalling all the protocols but tcp/ip and the network did not work.
I wanted to know where can I get a tutorial on networking with TCP/IP. All from the beggining, in win98 SE. I already visited microsoft support but they only have troubleshooters or questions answered. They dont cover tutorials (or I did not find any). The reason I want to use TCP/IP is because I can not use wingate or ICS because of something, and I think I need my TCP/IP running and is not.

thank you

I'm not sure if this is the fix but I've had troubles with win98 and network cards. I've found that the IRQ of the network cards needs to be the same or close in number to work. The conflict are usually the modem card is using the IRQ that I need (or perhaps the soundcard). You need to remove the conflicting device, let window plug & play do it's thing. Check the Start|settings|control panel|system|device manager to see the current settings.

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I solved the problem.

One has to uninstall the network client. I had NetBEUI and TCP/IP at the same time, and when I removed NetBEUI the network did not work. But I uninstalled all the network components, reinstalled them again and it worked.
If anyone has the same problem they might like to try to do this.

Langaro