one sided 98 and XP

[Guest]

I have a laptop (XP Pro) and a desk top (98) that are connected via a linksys router. Both of them surf the web fine. The XP sees the 98 computer fine in My Network Places. The 98 machine can not even ping the XP machine's IP address. I have NetBIOS enabled, sharing is enabled on both computers, they have different names, and the same workgroup (MSHOME). I have run the XP set up wizard one both computers (using the one for internet or hub connections for multiple computers). Most of the time the 98 computer does not even see itself in the network neighborhood. I also have gone back and disabled the internet firewall for the LAN

Why will the 98 computer not see the XP?

 

[Bob Willard]

I have a laptop (XP Pro) and a desk top (98) that are connected via a linksys router. Both of them surf the web fine. The XP sees the 98 computer fine in My Network Places. The 98 machine can not even ping the XP machine's IP address. I have NetBIOS enabled, sharing is enabled on both computers, they have different names, and the same workgroup (MSHOME). I have run the XP set up wizard one both computers (using the one for internet or hub connections for multiple computers). Most of the time the 98 computer does not even see itself in the network neighborhood. I also have gone back and disabled the internet firewall for the LAN.

Why will the 98 computer not see the XP?

You should have told the Whiz that you get to the 'net via a "Residential
Gateway" -- that's M$-speak for a router.

Also, double-check that all firewall software (ICF and other) is
uninstalled.

 

[Guest]

ok I'll give it a sho
thanks Bob

 

[Guest]

The XP laptop is my company's laptop. It has "Realtime monitoring" installed. I have it disabled. I also have the company VPN stuff disabled. Is disabling these enough? Do I have to uninstall them? The new net wizard configuration did not make the 98 computer recognize the net. If I go to the Network Neighborhood, and file and printer sharing for microsoft networks client, and properties, and advanced - I find the browse master and LM announce. I have them both disabled or no respectively. Is this correct? What is the equivalent of these in XP. My desk top will not be leaving its perch while I use the laptop away from home daily.

Thanks again.

 

[Bob Willard]

The XP laptop is my company's laptop. It has "Realtime monitoring" installed.

I have it disabled. I also have the company VPN stuff disabled. Is disabling
these enough? Do I have to uninstall them? The new net wizard configuration
did not make the 98 computer recognize the net. If I go to the Network
Neighborhood, and file and printer sharing for microsoft networks client, and
properties, and advanced - I find the browse master and LM announce. I have
them both disabled or no respectively. Is this correct? What is the
equivalent of these in XP. My desk top will not be leaving its perch while I
use the laptop away from home daily.

Thanks again.

On your W9x PC, LM announce should be set to No; I set Browse Master to Auto.

I'm not sure that all VPN packages are the same. On one VPN package I used,
I never had to disable it to make my LAN work. On another VPN package, I had
to disable it to be able to access some sites. But, AFAIK, if you disable VPN
and then (maybe) reboot, it should be out of the way.

Realtime monitoring is a property of some AV (AntiVirus) app. Since this is
your company's laptop, it may be difficult to remove and reinstall it without
the "help" of your company's IT gang. So, even though some AV apps have been
known to cause LAN problems, I offer this rather complicated suggestion:

- If you have the capability to reinstall it yourself (i.e., a CD in hand),
then remove it while you chase your LAN problem. And reboot.
- If not, then don't remove it until you've tried everything else, and be
prepared to apologize to the IT gang for messing up their precious work.

Since your LAN works one-way, my primary suspicion is some firewall app on
the XP PC. Double-check that ICF is disabled, since that breaks LANs. Then
hunt for and uninstall any other firewall stuff.

 

[Guest]

Thanks again Bob-

We'll see what happens