I had two computers running 98 as a workgroup.Now I am
connecting a computer with XP to the 98.Problem is that
the xp pc can see the 98 but the 98 cannot see the xp.
Roy,
Is this XP Home or Pro? If Pro, check to see if Simple File Sharing (Control
Panel - Folder Options - View - Advanced settings) is enabled or disabled. With
XP Pro and 98, you should have SFS enabled.
If SFS is disabled, check the Local Security Policy (Control Panel -
Administrative Tools). Under Local Policies - Security Options, look at
"Network access: Sharing and security model", and ensure it's set to "Classic -
local users authenticate as themselves".
If you set the Local Security Policy to "Guest only", make sure that the Guest
account is enabled, and has an identical, non-blank, password on all computers.
If "Classic", setup and use a common account with identical, non-blank, password
on all computers.
Do any of the computers have a software firewall (ICF or third party)? If so,
you need to configure them for file sharing, by opening ports TCP 139, 445 and
UDP 137, 138, 445, and / or by identifying the other computers as present in the
Local (Trusted) zone. Firewall configurations are a very common cause of
(network) browser, and file sharing, problems.
If neither of the above helps, please provide ipconfig information for each
computer.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.
Label each with Operating System name and version.
From each computer, check connectivity:
1) Ping the other by name.
2) Ping the other by ip address.
3) Ping itself by name.
4) Ping itself by ip address.
5) Ping 127.0.0.1.
Report success / failure of each of 10 pings.
Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
