This article was awesome, thanks!
The problems were as follows:
1. My lynksys router, which I was identifying as a "Hub"
is really a "residential gateway" (I'm seriously new at
this!).
2. My 98 machine was getting it's IP address
automatically assigned, so I needed to manually assign it
one in the same range as the others.
3. I needed NetBEUI because all of the machines are
using a single DSL modem to access my ISP.
4. Both the existing machines had Microsoft Client
Services and File and Print Sharing bound for both
NetBEUI and TCP/IP.
After investigating all this, I think it's somewhat
amazing that the other two machines had been talking to
each other at all all this time!
One thing intrigues me about the article you referred me
to. It suggests that if I conclude that I do need
NetBEUI, I should consider using IPX/SPX, but it doesn't
discuss this further. Will IPX/SPX replace NetBEUI,
giving me the same functionality but more security? Can
you point me to some more reference material about this?
Thanks so much for your help!
Jean
>-----Original Message-----
>In article <026f01c352f4$c66ee4c0
$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Jean"
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>I just got a new Windows XP machine that won't
>>communicate with my network. I have two other machines
>>on the network, one running Windows 98 and one running
>>windows ME. They share files with each other through
>>explorer just fine (but won't PING each other from the
>>command prompt). The new XP machine will ping the ME
>>machine, but won't see it through explorer. The XP
>>machine won't even ping the 98 machine. Each machine
is
>>connected to a hub, which in turn is connected to a DSL
>>modem. The hardware is working fine, as each machine
>>connects through the modem to the internet with no
>>problem. All three machines are set up with the same
>>workgroup name. The folks at DELL have not been
helpful
>>at all, so I'm hoping someone here can help me.
>>
>>I have disabled the XP firewall on that machine. The
>>windows 98 machine has Norton Firewall, and I tried
>>turning it off, thinking it might be causing trouble,
but
>>having it off had no effect, so I turned it back on.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Jean
>
>I've written a web site that should help you solve the
problem:
>
>Adding Windows XP to an Existing Network
>http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...g/xp/addxp.htm
>
>I suspect that your network uses a protocol other than
TCP/IP for file
>and printer sharing.
>--
>Best Wishes,
>Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
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