Thank you Steve
Sure enough, the firewall was enabled on the new unit . . . When I disabled, everything came alive. One further configuration question
RE: Duplicate folders in Neighborhood
When I look in the Neighborhood of the old PC, I see that a duplicate (Shareddocs2) and a duplicate printer item were created. So there are 4 folders when the other PCs just have 2: SharedDocs and Printer. How do I deal with this ? I don't see "delete" options on these folders--
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I've bought a new Dell PC (WinXP) and trying to network with old (Win98) system, through Linksys Router. I got brave and tried to do this on my own-- looked simple. Followed XP Network Wizard instructions carefully, using OS CD, but does NOT work: The network neighborhoods just don't show the other PC, and when I try to access the neighborhood on the new PC, says I don't "have permission !" Now, I had a previous network set up, between old system and a laptop (WinXP)-- someone else did that set up. I did not change any of that-- I just ran the wizard over the old config. I Did change the Network name in the process on all PC's. Thanks in advance for your help-- I'm shut down
Tell the Wizard that the computers connect to the Internet through
"residential gateway". Other options will block file and printe
sharing on the network
If that doesn't fix it, try these tips
1. Permanently disable XP's built-in Internet Connection Firewall o
local area network connections -- it's for use only on a direct mode
connection to the Internet. Disable and un-install all othe
firewalls while troubleshooting. Details here
Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/ic_firewall.ht
2. Use only one protocol for File and Printer Sharing. If the networ
needs more than one protocol, unbind File and Printer Sharing from al
but one of them. Details here
Windows XP Network Protocols
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/network_protocols.ht
3. Make sure that NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on all computers
Details here
Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (NetBT
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/troubleshoot/netbt.ht
4. Run "ipconfig /all" on XP and look at the "Node Type" at th
beginning of the output. If it says "Peer-to-Peer" (which shoul
actually be "Point-to-Point") that's the problem. It means that th
computer only uses a WINS server, which isn't available on
peer-to-peer network for NetBIOS name resolution
If that's the case, run the registry editor, open this key
HLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parameter
and delete these values if they're present
NodeTyp
DhcpNodeTyp
Reboot, then try network access again
If that doesn't fix it, open that registry key again, create a DWOR
value called "NodeType", and set it to 1 for "Broadcast" or 4 fo
"Mixed"
For details, see these Microsoft Knowledge Base articles
Default Node Type for Microsoft Client
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;16017
TCP/IP and NBT Configuration Parameters for Windows X
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;31405
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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking
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