Invisible win98 pc!

[Guest]

Hello:
In my home network I have 4 pcs: 2 WinXP, 1 WinME, and 1 Win98. All are in
the same workgroup (home).

When trying to explore the network, the Win98 PC doesn't appear, however,
it's there and we can see it and share it's folders by typing in the address
bar \\toshiba (its real name).

In a similar way, it can't see the other PC's in the network, but they are
there, so if I type in the address bar of the win98 PC \\vaio (a win xp pc),
its shared folders can be seen. So it seems the win98 pc is invisible (it
used to be visible, but now it is not!)

Any idea of what happened?

 

[Harry Boyne]

How are they connected - Ethernet or Wireless?

Also, when you type in it's name, can you copy and paste things from it?

Harry

 

[Guest]

Thanks Harry,
It's wireless, but I fixed the problem reinstalling the devices, protocols,
and services in the win 98 pc. But if you have information on how Ethernet or
wireless connection can affect please let me know.

Regards, Manuel S.

 

[Harry Boyne]

It's just that Ethernet is "always connected". With Wireless, it could
suddenly change to your next door neighbor's unsecured wireless, which would
mean it would not be on your wireless, and be invisible.

Harry