Win98/XP not seeing each other

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Luke

I have a Peer to Peer network with 4 win98 PC's and 2 XP
machines. 1 windows 98 PC can see the whole network.
3 win98 machines can't see the WinXP machines, but can
see everything else.. In addition the Win XP machines
can't see 3 of the Win 98 PC's.

They are set up to obtain IP automatically using TCP/IP,
are in the same workgroup and I am able to ping all nodes
from each other. NetBios is automatically enabled Any
ideas what may be going on.
Thanks,
Luke
 
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Steve Winograd [MVP]

"Luke" said:
I have a Peer to Peer network with 4 win98 PC's and 2 XP
machines. 1 windows 98 PC can see the whole network.
3 win98 machines can't see the WinXP machines, but can
see everything else.. In addition the Win XP machines
can't see 3 of the Win 98 PC's.

They are set up to obtain IP automatically using TCP/IP,
are in the same workgroup and I am able to ping all nodes
from each other. NetBios is automatically enabled Any
ideas what may be going on.
Thanks,
Luke

Explicitly enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP on all computers -- automatic or
default settings don't always work. Details here:

Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (NetBT)
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/troubleshoot/netbt.htm

For more tips, see:

Windows XP Network Troubleshooting
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/troubleshoot
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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