Unable to create a LAN connection from a Win 98-based network to a Win2000 PC

[kim.boxwell]

Please help!

I have a small LAN connection between two Windows 98 PCs
through a hub for file and print sharing, i have recently
purchased another PC with Windows 2000 to add to this
network but i am unable to create a connection.

I have run the Network wizards on all PC's and they are
still unable to connect. I am unable to ping the IP
address on the Windows 98 based PCs from the Windows 2000
and vice versa.

I would appreciate any help with regard to this.

Thank you in advance.

Kim Boxwell

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Please help!

I have a small LAN connection between two Windows 98 PCs
through a hub for file and print sharing, i have recently
purchased another PC with Windows 2000 to add to this
network but i am unable to create a connection.

I have run the Network wizards on all PC's and they are
still unable to connect. I am unable to ping the IP
address on the Windows 98 based PCs from the Windows 2000
and vice versa.

I would appreciate any help with regard to this.

Thank you in advance.

Kim Boxwell

- Turn off your firewalls while testing (especially those that
are integrated with your virus scanner).
- Start a Command Prompt / DOS Prompt, then post the contents
of c:\NetConfig.txt after you have run this command on each PC:
net config workstation > c:\NetConfig.txt

 

[Steven L Umbach]

Here is a reply to another post I just made and may help on configuring IP addresses.
You may find that the W2K computer has an IP address starting with 169.xxx.xxx.xxx
which would indicate a self assigned IP address that may be in conflict with the
other computers. --- Steve


W2K and XP work fine with tcp/ip. I suggest you try just one protocol only. Keep in
mind that if you use the internet or plan to use the internet, tcp/ip will be a must.
You would need either a server operating system or a nat/router if you want to use
dhcp. With that small number of computers, configuring statically should not be a
problem. Just make sure all computers are on the same network and use the same subnet
mask. For instance your typical class c network may use 192.168.1.xxx as the network
address and then the individual computers would have different addresses in the .xxx
portion such as 192.168.1.2, 192.168.1.3, 192.168.1.4, and so on and the subnet mask
being 255.255.255.0. Do not use 192.168.1.0 or 192.168.1.255 however, but anything in
between is fine with the gateway usually being .1. Personal firewalls used on a local
area network [including the built in one in XP] will interfere with seeing and
locating other computers on the network. --- Steve