Win2K not connecting with Win 98

[Hyte News]

I have a peer to peer network with 2 Win 98 machines, 1 WinME and 1 Win2K.
The oldest Win98 machine and the Win2K machines are not connecting.

Actually for a while the Oldest Win98 (Computer #1) machine would not
connect to any of the other machines. After removing all adapters and
services and reloading them it is now connecting with the other Win9x
machines but not the Win2K (computer #4)

I can successfully ping computer #1 from any of the other computers but I
can not ping any computer IPs from Computer #1, Request times out.

Computer #1 sometimes shows Computers 2 and 3 and itself when exploring
network neighborhood, never #4.

Number 4 can do a computer "search for computers near me." and successfully
find #1. However, If I double click on it it says "Number 1 is not
accessible ." "The network path was not found."

Any suggestions to resolve this? I really need these two machines to
communicate so I can use certain software.

R Hyte

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I have a peer to peer network with 2 Win 98 machines, 1 WinME and 1 Win2K.
The oldest Win98 machine and the Win2K machines are not connecting.

Actually for a while the Oldest Win98 (Computer #1) machine would not
connect to any of the other machines. After removing all adapters and
services and reloading them it is now connecting with the other Win9x
machines but not the Win2K (computer #4)

I can successfully ping computer #1 from any of the other computers but I
can not ping any computer IPs from Computer #1, Request times out.

Computer #1 sometimes shows Computers 2 and 3 and itself when exploring
network neighborhood, never #4.

Number 4 can do a computer "search for computers near me." and successfully
find #1. However, If I double click on it it says "Number 1 is not
accessible ." "The network path was not found."

Any suggestions to resolve this? I really need these two machines to
communicate so I can use certain software.

R Hyte

Please supply further information:
- Run this command from a Command/DOS prompt on each PC,
then post the output here: ipconfig /all > c:\ip.txt
- Are you using DHCP?
- Do you have any firewalls? ZoneAlarm? Bundled with your virus
scanner (e.g. Trend)?
- Did you try forcing every adapter to 10 MBits/s half duplex?
- Are your cables known to be of good quality?
- Are you confident that every port on your hub/switch works?

 

[Hyte News]

Thank you Pegasus for your quick reply:

I just figured it out. I had tinkered with all of your suggestion over the
last week, except one. My new router was not configured to limit IPs to the
range 192.168.0.2-192.168.0.6 and so computer number 4 had IP 192.168.0.8
and therefore was outside of the trusted range in ZoneAlarm.

I could ping from all other machines successfully because they all had IP's
lower than 192.168.0.6. Browsing from #4 didn't work because the request
was an untrusted source.


Thanks again, I just wish I had posted here earlier this week.

R Hyte