adding another xp pc to xp/98se network without wizard

[Guest]

I have an existing network with 98se and xp pro. Upon trying to add another
xp pro pc i cannot find a way to do so without running the wizard's setup
floppy on the other 2 pc's. Considering they are already networked, how can i
add the new pc without changing the other two? Only the new pc should need
configured as i see it. What changes are made by the floppy to the other
pc's? Best ive done so far is a brief glance at the network, but no access to
shared folders.

 

[Jack]

Hi

Assuming that you have a regular peer to peer network around a Switch (or
the switch of a Cable/DSL Router). Plug the new computer into the switch
and configure the Network setting on the new computer manually.

May be this can Help: http://www.ezlan.net/Installing.html

Jack (MVP-Networking).

 

[David Efflandt]

I have an existing network with 98se and xp pro. Upon trying to add another
xp pro pc i cannot find a way to do so without running the wizard's setup
floppy on the other 2 pc's. Considering they are already networked, how can i
add the new pc without changing the other two? Only the new pc should need
configured as i see it. What changes are made by the floppy to the other
pc's? Best ive done so far is a brief glance at the network, but no access to
shared folders.

If you are adding a PC and configure it for the same workgroup, you should
not even need to make a floppy. I never needed to do that beween XP Pro
and Win98se. I did have trouble trying to access a WinNT box, but I
temporarily enabled read/write share of a dir in XP Pro, and was able to
connect to it from WinNT. What scared me is that XP did not offer any
user or password limit for the share, and I was able to copy over from NT
to XP without any login. So I immediately disabled the share as soon as I
transferred the data.

Do you have a firewall on the other boxes (it should work fine with XP SP2
firewall).

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

I have an existing network with 98se and xp pro. Upon trying to add another
xp pro pc i cannot find a way to do so without running the wizard's setup
floppy on the other 2 pc's. Considering they are already networked, how can i
add the new pc without changing the other two? Only the new pc should need
configured as i see it. What changes are made by the floppy to the other
pc's? Best ive done so far is a brief glance at the network, but no access to
shared folders.

There's no reason to run the setup floppy on the other computers, even
if the Wizard tells you to.

I've written a web page that should help you get everything working:

Adding Windows XP to an Existing Network
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/addxp.htm

Here are solutions to some common XP networking problems:

1. If the computers run the original or SP1 versions of Windows XP,
disable XP's built-in Internet Connection Firewall on local area
network connections -- it's for use only on a direct modem connection
to the Internet. If they run SP2, enable the exception for file and
printer sharing in the Windows Firewall. Disable and un-install all
other firewall programs while troubleshooting. When un-installing a
firewall program, use the un-install procedure provided by the
manufacturer . Don't use Control Panel | Add or Remove Programs,
which might not completely un-install it.

For more information, see:

Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/ic_firewall.htm

2. Use only one protocol for File and Printer Sharing. If the network
needs more than one protocol, unbind File and Printer Sharing from all
but one of them. Details here:

Windows XP Network Protocols
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/network_protocols.htm

3. Make sure that NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on all computers.
Details here:

Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (NetBT)
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/troubleshoot/netbt.htm

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
--
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
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

 

[Guest]

Many thanks for your replies. David hit it on the nose with "Do you have a
firewall on the other boxes", I was thrown for a loop. I had visited the
sites mentioned before even coming here, was glad to see I've been to the
right places. I can't believe i never thought about firewalls on my other
pcs. I assume the web based pages here were down for maintainance this AM, I
tried to reply to Jack but could no longer load any page here. Thanks again
for all your help, much appreciated.