Getting a Win XP PC and a Win 98 PC to communicate across a networ

[Guest]

I have a Win XP PC and a Win 98 PC that I am trying to make communicate with
each other so that I can transfer some files. I have a very simple setup -
the two PCs are each connected to a Linksys hub. I disconnected my Internet
connection temporarily to take it out of the equation.

I've had no problem communicating between computers with this setup before,
but I always using Win 95, 98, or NT machines. This is first XP machine that
I've had at home.

Both PCs are in a workgroup simply called "Workgroup", and their network
connections seem to be active, as the lights on the hub are in the correct
configuration. However, the PCs can't see each other at all. When I the
browse the network from either PC, the PC sees itself under "Workgroup", but
not the other PC. If go to Start->Run and try to connect directly to one of
the shared folders on the other PC using the "\\<Computer Name>\<Share Name>"
method, I get the standard error that the network path could not be found.

Both PCs have TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, and NetBEUI protocols installed. At one
point, I tried taking the hub out of the equation and connecting an Ethernet
cable directly between the NICs of the two PCs, but upon restarting the XP
PC, it locked during bootup until I unplugged the cable. Can anyone give me
any clues as to what I'm missing and what I need to check?

Thanks

 

[Guest]

Hopefully your linksys is set to dhcp and is handing out ip's, and if this is
so and assuming there on the same subnet there are a few things i have
learned. One try under your network properties there is a firewall option
you need to turn off on the xp machine that keeps other machines from
connecting! Another thing I have ran into is that 98 or 95 machines cannot
see xp machines, but if you reverse the role and share the 98 machine xp can
see the 98 machine. Have done it many times to copy files from xp to 98 is
to go from xp to the 98 not 98 to xp. Just share the folder or harddrive
from the 98 machine and connect to 98. hope this helps

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

I have a Win XP PC and a Win 98 PC that I am trying to make communicate with
each other so that I can transfer some files. I have a very simple setup -
the two PCs are each connected to a Linksys hub. I disconnected my Internet
connection temporarily to take it out of the equation.

I've had no problem communicating between computers with this setup before,
but I always using Win 95, 98, or NT machines. This is first XP machine that
I've had at home.

Both PCs are in a workgroup simply called "Workgroup", and their network
connections seem to be active, as the lights on the hub are in the correct
configuration. However, the PCs can't see each other at all. When I the
browse the network from either PC, the PC sees itself under "Workgroup", but
not the other PC. If go to Start->Run and try to connect directly to one of
the shared folders on the other PC using the "\\<Computer Name>\<Share Name>"
method, I get the standard error that the network path could not be found.

Both PCs have TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, and NetBEUI protocols installed. At one
point, I tried taking the hub out of the equation and connecting an Ethernet
cable directly between the NICs of the two PCs, but upon restarting the XP
PC, it locked during bootup until I unplugged the cable. Can anyone give me
any clues as to what I'm missing and what I need to check?

Thanks

Using more than one network protocol can cause problems and prevent
computers from seeing each other, especially when Windows XP is
involved. Since Internet access uses TCP/IP, that's the logical one
to use. Un-install IPX/SPX and NetBEUI from both computers.

If there's a firewall on either computer, configure it to allow access
on the LAN while blocking access to your computer by other Internet
users. XP has a built-in firewall.
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