Network visibility is a one-way street

[Guest]

A (supposedly) simple two-PC home network using a wireless router: XP Home
(SP2) machine is wired to router, 98 SE machine is on wireless. Both machines
access router and internet fine. XP Home machine can see 98 SE on network,
pull files from and push files to it, can also see printer physically
connected to the 98 SE and can print to it. But 98 SE cannot see a network or
any members of it, including itself, and thus cannot access any files or
resources on the XP Home.

 

[Chuck]

A (supposedly) simple two-PC home network using a wireless router: XP Home
(SP2) machine is wired to router, 98 SE machine is on wireless. Both machines
access router and internet fine. XP Home machine can see 98 SE on network,
pull files from and push files to it, can also see printer physically
connected to the 98 SE and can print to it. But 98 SE cannot see a network or
any members of it, including itself, and thus cannot access any files or
resources on the XP Home.

Make sure the browser service is running on the WinXP computer. Control Panel -
Administrative Tools - Services. Verify that the Computer Browser, and the
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper, services both show with Status = Started.

Make sure the browser process is stopped in Win98.
http://cms.simons-rock.edu/faq_by_subtopic/node138.html

On WinXP Home, make sure that the Guest account is enabled. Enable Guest with
Start - Run - "cmd" - type "net user guest /active:yes" in the command window.

More about file sharing, between all different versions of Windows:
<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...db-aef8-4bef-925e-7ac9be791028&DisplayLang=en>

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.