adding an XP box to a 98 network

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Hi. I'm trying to add a new pc running XP Pro to an existing network of mainly Win98SE and a few Win95. There is also a server running NT4. I'm using static IP's and one common workgroup. Some machines are also running netbeui

Right now the XP machine does not see any of the other workgroup computers. When I try, it gives a message: "Workgoup is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently available.

What does that mean? From the XP machine, I am using a valid server account. I can also ping myself and others on the network. However from a Win98 machine, I can't see the XP machine in the network neighborhood, nor can I ping it. Do I need to uninstall netbeui on every machine? Have I configged my XP machine wrong? I've tried all sorts of settings, I've read the last several weeks of posts and have been to the how-to sites but I'm completely stumped. Can anyone point me in the right direction

sam
 
sam said:
Hi. I'm trying to add a new pc running XP Pro to an existing network of mainly Win98SE and a few Win95. There is also a server running NT4. I'm using static IP's and one common workgroup. Some machines are also running netbeui.

Right now the XP machine does not see any of the other workgroup computers. When I try, it gives a message: "Workgoup is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently available."

What does that mean? From the XP machine, I am using a valid server account. I can also ping myself and others on the network. However from a Win98 machine, I can't see the XP machine in the network neighborhood, nor can I ping it. Do I need to uninstall netbeui on every machine? Have I configged my XP machine wrong? I've tried all sorts of settings, I've read the last several weeks of posts and have been to the how-to sites but I'm completely stumped. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

sam
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Running more than one protocol can make network access unreliable,
especially when XP is involved. If all else fails, removing NetBEUI
from all computers might be necessary. But here are some things to
try first:

1. Disable XP's built-in Internet Connection Firewall on the local
area network connection -- it's for use only on a direct modem
connection to the Internet:

a. Right click the LAN connection and click Properties.
b. Click Advanced.
c. Un-check the ICF box.

2. Make sure that NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on XP:

a. Right click the LAN connection and click Properties.
b. Double click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
c. Click Advanced.
d. Click WINS.
e. Click the Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP button.

4. Run "ipconfig /all" on XP and look at the "Node Type" at the
beginning of the output. If it says "Peer-to-Peer" (which should
actually be "Point-to-Point") that's the problem. It means that the
computer only uses a WINS server, which isn't available on a
peer-to-peer network for NetBIOS name resolution.

If that's the case, run the registry editor, open this key:

HLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parameters

and delete these values if they're present:

NodeType
DhcpNodeType

Reboot, then try network access again.

If that doesn't fix it, open that registry key again, create a DWORD
value called "NodeType", and set it to 1 for "Broadcast" or 4 for
"Mixed".

For details, see these Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

Default Node Type for Microsoft Clients
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;160177

TCP/IP and NBT Configuration Parameters for Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314053
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