Simple Networking Win98 and Win XP between two pc's

[Duncan Camilleri]

Hi there:

I am trying to set up a peer to peer across crosswired cat5 cable.
XP detected some netcard upon installation and I also installed driver
provided with my motherboard. Network Wizard added a bridge but it didn't
seem to do any benefit so after a lot of trying out different network
settings to no avail, I decided to remove it.

Here's what I have:

XP:

1: Local Area Connection: Client for ms net, File and Print sharing Qos
Packet..., TCP/IP
a: Using fixed ip 100.0.0.1, subnet 255.255.0.0
b: NetBIOS over TCP/IP enabled.
c: Internet Connection Firewall unchecked.
2: 1394 Connection (detected upon installing xp first time) Client for ms
net, File and Print Sharing, TCP/IP
a: Using fixed ip 100.100.100.100, subnet 255.255.0.0
b: NetBIOS over TCP/IP enabled
c: Internet Connection Firewall unchecked.

98:

1: Client For Ms Net, File and Print Sharing, TCP/IP for NE2000 compatible
2: Using fixed ip 100.0.0.2, subnet 255.255.0.0
3: NetBIOS over TCP/IP. Checkbox is grayed out... strange but it is checked.
4: Primary network logon is Ms client for nets so it's ok too.

Problem:

A:
Both machines visible from the HOME workgroup in XP.
Only local machine visible from the HOME workgroup in 98.

B:
No Access to remote machine via XP and I cannot ping remote computers from
both locations.

I feel that I have tried everything and people met with similar problems.
Yes I know that they might be ideal to have the same workgroup name though
it's not necessary, I know I have to disable firewall for the specified
protocol and I also know that NetBIOS is needed so that the machines see
each other in win.

Any hints? I also cannot ping the machines.

Thanks a lot
Duncan

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

a: Using fixed ip 100.0.0.1, subnet 255.255.0.0

Duncan,

before we touch the actual problem, I would recommend to use
different IP addresses, because these belong to IANA and are
reserved:
OrgName: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
OrgID: IANA
Address: 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330
City: Marina del Rey
StateProv: CA
PostalCode: 90292-6695
Country: US

NetRange: 96.0.0.0 - 126.255.255.255
CIDR: 96.0.0.0/4, 112.0.0.0/5, 120.0.0.0/6, 124.0.0.0/7,
126.0.0.0/8
NetName: RESERVED-8
NetHandle: NET-96-0-0-0-1
Parent:
NetType: IANA Reserved
Comment:
RegDate:
Updated: 2002-09-12

OrgTechHandle: IANA-ARIN
OrgTechName: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Number
OrgTechPhone: +1-310-823-9358
OrgTechEmail: (e-mail address removed)

# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2003-08-08 19:15
<<<

This is not the cause of your problems, but just in case you
ever connect to the Internet, it's better to use the following
private Class C IP addresses: 192.168.x.y with a subnet mask of
255.255.255.0. x should be the same for all of your computers, a
zero is acceptable, and y should be different for each. The
numbers for y range from 1 to 254.

That said, please have a look at
http://www.michna.com/kb/WxNetwork.htm for a list of possible
causes of your connectivity problem.

Hans-Georg