Win2000 Pro neworking to Win 98SE

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I am new to this networking and am trying to connect win2k with win 98se on
LAN.
Before I had two PC's Both running 98se using an SMC EZ network card in each
and they work fine together. However now that I have a new PC running 2kpro
(replacing one of the 98se PC's) that has an ethernet built into the
motherboard and the other running 98se using the SMC EZ network card, they
don't seem to want to connect.
Perhaps if not too much trouble, could you tell me step by step what to do
to have the w2k PC connect to 98se PC.
I am not familiar with Win2kpro and there are a lot of different attributes
such as pre-defined connections and I have no idea why they are there so
please be gentle and keep laymans terms in mind in your responses.
Thank you for your consideration
Luke

 

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Am I in the correct community for this question?

 

[Doug Sherman [MVP]]

Yes, you're in the right place, but we need more information about how you
are trying to connect: map drives? browse? \\computername\sharename? are
you using a switch or a crossover cable?, etc. And, what problems are you
having? Are you getting error messages? If so, what do they say and when
do they say it?

Anyway, here are some general things to check:

1. If you are not logging onto both machines with exactly the same user
name and password, then on the Win2k machine right click on My Computer and
select Manage. Expand Local users and groups, right click on Users and
select New User. Create a new user with exactly the same user name and
password you use to log onto the Win98 machine. If you do not use a
password to log onto the Win98 machine, create one. If you use Family
logon, get rid of it - use Client for Microsoft Networks as your primary
logon.

2. Probably, both machines are in a workgroup called 'workgroup.' In Win98
you can check this by right clicking on Network Neighborhood and select
Properties. Click the Identification tab. In Win2k right click My Computer
and select Properties. Click the Network Idenification tab and click the
Properties button. If the workgroup names are not the same, change them.

3. On the Win2k machine, share something. Open Windows Explorer, right
click on a folder, and select Sharing.

4. On each machine open a command prompt. Type:

ping nameofothermachine ENTER

What happens?


5. Determine the IP address of each machine. On Win2k go to a command
prompt and type:

ipconfig ENTER

On Win98 Start/Run winipcfg ENTER. Select the correct adapter and the IP
address will be displayed.

Probably both machines have an IP of 169.254.x.x. If not, you may have to
manually configure compatible IP addresses.

6. What happens if you click Start/Run \\IPaddressofOtherMachine ?

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP