Networking XP Home and 98SE, can't see each other?

[***** charles]

Hi all,

I have two computers, one an XPH machine and the other a 98SE machine.
Both are connected to a 10BaseT hub, cables work fine, hub is known
good. Both computers are set to same mask, XPH is 192.168.1.2 and
the 98SE machine is 192.168.1.3. Both have file sharing active and
both each others' D: drive is shared. Problem is neither one can
see the other. XPH machine is booting up with "owner" account, and
98SE machine is booted up with "owner" being logged into. Both
are on the "home" workgroup. The 98SE machine is called "clammy"
and the XPH machine is called WS2. What am I missing?

thanks for all responses,
charles.....

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

I have two computers, one an XPH machine and the other a 98SE machine.
Both are connected to a 10BaseT hub, cables work fine, hub is known
good. Both computers are set to same mask, XPH is 192.168.1.2 and
the 98SE machine is 192.168.1.3. Both have file sharing active and
both each others' D: drive is shared. Problem is neither one can
see the other. XPH machine is booting up with "owner" account, and
98SE machine is booted up with "owner" being logged into. Both
are on the "home" workgroup. The 98SE machine is called "clammy"
and the XPH machine is called WS2. What am I missing?

Charles,

please have a look at http://www.michna.com/kb/WxNetwork.htm.

Hans-Georg

 

[***** charles]

I have two computers, one an XPH machine and the other a 98SE machine.

please have a look at http://www.michna.com/kb/WxNetwork.htm.

Hans-Georg

Got a time-out on pings. Turned out to be a bad cable. One of the cables
had a non connect on wires 7 and 8. I always thought that ethernet only
used the 1,2,3 and 6 wires and not the others. After I repopped the
connections, the two computers could see each other. The desktop needed
OpenOffice on it and my only copy was on the laptop. Rather than do
a 6 to 8 hour download of the 65M file, it was easier to net the two
and transfer that way. The website from above seems pretty complete.

thanks,
charles.....

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

Got a time-out on pings. Turned out to be a bad cable. One of the cables
had a non connect on wires 7 and 8. I always thought that ethernet only
used the 1,2,3 and 6 wires and not the others.

Charles,

that is absolutely true. Ethernet adapters in computers do not
use any other wires.

After I repopped the
connections, the two computers could see each other. The desktop needed
OpenOffice on it and my only copy was on the laptop. Rather than do
a 6 to 8 hour download of the 65M file, it was easier to net the two
and transfer that way. The website from above seems pretty complete.

Thank you. It keeps happening that we do something and a fault
just disappears, never to be analyzed. I have my box of
unexplained phenomena too.

Hans-Georg