XP to Win98 network failure

[AlphaWoolf]

I know a million people have already had and posted about this
problem, but I just need someone else to step back and tell me what
I've missed here please.

I have 2 PCs, one with Win98SE and a new one with Win XP SP2. They
are connected to a router that in turn connects to the ADSL modem that
provides my internet access. Each machine sees the internet just
fine, but I cannot get file sharing between the 2 machines to work.
I've already read several web sites with excellent suggestions and
this is what I know:

IPCONFIG outputs:

Windows 98 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . : WIN98.Woolf
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Node Type . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
NetBIOS Scope ID. . . . . . :
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . : No
NetBIOS Resolution Uses DNS : No
1 Ethernet adapter :
Description . . . . . . . . : <ethernet controller hardware
here>
Physical Address. . . . . . : 00-0C-6E-09-99-58
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Primary WINS Server . . . . :
Secondary WINS Server . . . :


Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : WINXP
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : Woolf

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Woolf
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : <ethernet controller
hardware here>
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-8D-D7-07-40
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.5
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1


1. Each machine can ping each other by IP.
2. Each machine cannot ping each other by name.
3. NetBIOS on TCP/IP is enabled on both machines
4. Simple file sharing is off - I have created user accounts on both
machines with identical names and passwords. I prefer not to use the
guest account method. Prior to establishing the user account on the
98 machine, the XP machine could see the workgroup and itself within
the workgroup. Now it cannot access the workgroup at all.
5. Click 98 machine's Entire Network and it immediately responds with
"Unable to browse the network."
6 Click XP machine's Entire Network and it thinks about it for some
tine before returning "Workgroupname is not accessible..."
7. BROWSTAT STATUS returns "Browsing is NOT active on domain." I see
no way to turn browsing on or off in XP, and I get the same message
regardless of whether browsing is enabled on the 98 machine or not.

I sense that I am very close to making this work. Any help would be
sanity-preserving.

Jack

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[AlphaWoolf]

The IP access attempt could not find the path. The rest of the items
you mentioned checked out ok. I deleted the AutoLogon registry entry.
Windows 98 is now asking for the correct logon when it starts up. It
still cannot browse the network, and the XP machine still cannot see
it. With Chucks' tips above I am able to see the workgroup and XP
machine from the XP machine.

Just to follow up, the final layer of this onion of a problem was the
software firewalls on each machine. Everything's working now. Thanks
for the help!

Jack
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