Network Novice needs alot of help with win98 and xp setup.

[Guest]

Hi,
I really need alot of help with this please. My setup

Host:- win xp with broadband connection with Realtek RTL8139 Family Fast
Ethernet NIC
Client:- Laptop with Win98 and installed Belkin CardBus NetWork Card

I'm using a crossover cable connected to XP and Win98

First off when i run the Network Install Wizard on XP it reboots/crashes the
computer during the graphic at the end of the setup. (where the monitors
cross the screen) So i can't use that. Win98 seems not to have this option.

I've heard all types of variations of what i need to do, but i really need a
dummies guide to getting this setup to work.

Can anyone give me some advice please.

Thankyou.

 

[Guest]

Why don't you dump the cross connect and use a hub or a router instead.

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Hi,
I really need alot of help with this please. My setup

Host:- win xp with broadband connection with Realtek RTL8139 Family Fast
Ethernet NIC
Client:- Laptop with Win98 and installed Belkin CardBus NetWork Card

I'm using a crossover cable connected to XP and Win98

First off when i run the Network Install Wizard on XP it reboots/crashes the
computer during the graphic at the end of the setup. (where the monitors
cross the screen) So i can't use that. Win98 seems not to have this option.

I've heard all types of variations of what i need to do, but i really need a
dummies guide to getting this setup to work.

Can anyone give me some advice please.

Thankyou.

I'm sorry, but I don't know why the Network Setup Wizard is crashing
on XP. Fortunately, you don't have to run the Network Setup Wizard at
all, even though Microsoft's documentation says to. You can make each
computer's network settings manually.

To configure Windows XP to share its broadband connection:

1. Open the Network Connections folder.
2. Right-click the broadband connection.
3. Click Properties.
4. Click Advanced.
5. Put a check mark in box under Internet Connection Sharing.

To configure Windows 98 to use the shared Internet connection, go to
Control Panel > Network and:

1. Add these network components if they aren't already present:

TCP/IP protocol
Client for Microsoft Networks
File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks

2. Remove these network components if they're present:

IPX/SPX protocol
NetBEUI protocol
Client for NetWare networks

3. Click the Identification tab and set the workgroup name to the same
name that the Windows XP computer uses (default for XP is MSHOME).
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[Pop`]

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I'm sorry, but I don't know why the Network Setup Wizard is crashing
on XP. Fortunately, you don't have to run the Network Setup Wizard at
all, even though Microsoft's documentation says to. You can make each
computer's network settings manually.

....

Not to be a wet blanket, and I hope the given instructions work (they look
reasonable), should they NOT work it could be that whatever is crashing XP
is at work there. Since the cause of that crash is unknown, then many other
unkowns also exist.

The crashing of XP needs to be addressed before anything else; who knows
what else is only partially not working or not working at all?

HTH
Pop`

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Not to be a wet blanket, and I hope the given instructions work (they look
reasonable), should they NOT work it could be that whatever is crashing XP
is at work there. Since the cause of that crash is unknown, then many other
unkowns also exist.

The crashing of XP needs to be addressed before anything else; who knows
what else is only partially not working or not working at all?

HTH
Pop`

The Network Setup Wizard sometimes crashes, for reasons that I don't
know. I think that's caused by bugs in the Wizard. I don't think
that it's caused by bugs in Windows itself or that it will cause other
problems.

Please try setting up the network manually as I suggested. If that
works, I don't see the need to do anything else.

If that doesn't work, we can address the problem at that point.
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
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