networking Winxp and win 98

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I've been reading the postings on here today and have desided that I am not the only one with networking troubles,,lol can anyone please tell me the secret to the sucessful networking between one computer that is running winxp home ed, and the other Win98se,,Thanks,,,Lisa
 
Greetings Lisa,

What problems are you having?

These tips should help get everything working.

1. Make sure the XP's firewall is disabled. It will block file and printer
sharing by default. If you installed a third party firewall such as
ZoneAlarm, Sygate or Norton, make sure it is properly configured for the
network.

2. Ensure NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled. Details here.

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

3. Use TCP/IP as the only network protocol. Uninstall NetBEUI or IPX/SPX if
they are present. Make sure you are using the same network protocol on all
machines.

Try testing your network and see if you can access the other computer and
shares this way.

Click Start | Run, then type one of these commands in the box and click OK:

\\computer

\\computer\share

\\IP-address

\\IP-address\share


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Lisa said:
I've been reading the postings on here today and have desided that I am
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not the only one with networking troubles,,lol can anyone please tell me the
secret to the sucessful networking between one computer that is running
winxp home ed, and the other Win98se,,Thanks,,,Lisa
 
The basics for troubleshooting are:

1. Make sure you have the same IP scheme (e.g. 192.168.0.x).

2. Make sure you have the same Subnet Mask, Gateway, and DNS IP addresses.

3. Make sure you can ping the other computer's IP address. If this fails,
make sure you turn of XP's firewall.

4. Make sure you can ping the other computers by name.

5. Make sure you have the same workgroup name (watch for trailing spaces)

6. For troubleshooting purposes, turn off XP's and any other firewall
software. You can always add more complexity after you get it working.

7. With XP, make sure you have the same username and password as the person
logging onto the other computers. The default setting for XP Pro is to
require a password for network access.

8. More details about how to network XP can be found at:
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/xp_network.htm

9. More details about how to troubleshoot TCP/IP networkcs can be found at:
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/trouble.htm

10. Apply the registry edit to fix the browsing delay from XP to Win9x
computers
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/windowsxp_tips.htm#browsing_delay.

There continues to be a lot of misinformation about needing NetBEUI or to
changing the NetBIOS setting. You can ignore both. Installing NetBEUI to
solve a networking problem will just mask a some underlying and potentially
important misconfiguration with TCP/IP. The default NetBIOS setting works
fine so there is no need to change that either.
 
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