"Chris" said:
WinXP does not have NETBUI available and the Win95 TCP/IP
does not seem to communicate with XP.
How can a peer-to-peer network be set up with Win95,
Win98 and WinXP Pro?
NetBEUI is available as an un-supported protocol in Windows XP. That
means that you can install it and use it, but Microsoft doesn't
provide help with it. This Microsoft Knowledge Base article has
details:
HOW TO: Install NetBEUI on Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;301041
However, nothing in Windows networking requires NetBEUI. All versions
of Windows can network with each other using TCP/IP as the only
network protocol.
Since you say that the Win95 TCP/IP does not seem to communicate with
XP, something must be wrong with the TCP/IP setup on one or more of
your computers. One likely problem is that a firewall is blocking
access. You must disable XP's built-in Internet Connection Firewall
on a local area network connection, as described here:
Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/ic_firewall.htm
If there's a DHCP server on your network (ICS host, broadband router,
etc), everything should just work. If there's no DHCP server, you'll
have to assign a static IP address to each computer. Use a private IP
range, such as 192.168.0.x, and assign a unique last number (in the
range 1-254) to each computer:
On Windows XP:
1. Open the Network Connections folder.
2. Right click the network connection.
3. Click Properties.
4. Double click "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
5. Click "Use the following IP address".
6. Enter IP address 192.168.0.x.
7. Enter subnet mask 255.255.255.0.
On Windows 95 and 98
1. Go to Control Panel | Network.
2. Double click "TCP/IP->network adapter".
3. Click "Specify an IP address".
4. Enter IP address 192.168.0.x.
5. Enter subnet mask 255.255.255.0.
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