Win XP & Win 98 networking

[John F.]

I am attempting to network a computer with Win XP home and
one with Win 98; I cannot get the two comuters to 'see'
one another. I am using a network switch with nic cards
installed in both computers; as far as I can tell my
hardware and cableing are correct. The switch will show 3
sets of lights (one each for dsl modem, the xp comp. and
98 comp)with the top lights for each blinking to show
network traffic; network setup wizard has been ran on both
computers and both computers have ip addresses. I can get
on the internet with the xp computer but not the 98.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

quote from http://www.ChicagoTech.net

Win9x can't see Win2000/XP

By default, Win2000/XP disables NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NetBT) for selected
clients. In a peer-to-peer network without WINS, Win9x will be unable to
browse, locate, or create file and print share connections to a Windows 2000
computer with NetBIOS disabled. So, you must setup the Win2000/XP to uses
NetBIOS over TCP/IP to communicate with prior versions of Windows NT and
other clients, such as Microsoft Windows 95. Alternatively, you may want to
add NetBEUI on all workstations in the peer-to-peer network.


Robert Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
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