Xp to 98 network/file sharing

[Cameron Mcneil]

Hi all, having a problem setting up a home network. My
98se computer can see and share files over the network,
but the XP home cant see anything accept itself. Im
using a cable modem (external USB) as the ethernet link
on the XP computer and a normal internal ethernet card on
the 98SE. Anyone got any ideas as to what I'm doing
wrong?? BTW internet sharing works fine on both.

Thanx CAM

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

Hi all, having a problem setting up a home network. My
98se computer can see and share files over the network,
but the XP home cant see anything accept itself. Im
using a cable modem (external USB) as the ethernet link
on the XP computer and a normal internal ethernet card on
the 98SE. Anyone got any ideas as to what I'm doing
wrong?? BTW internet sharing works fine on both.

Cameron,

please have a look at http://www.michna.com/kb/WxNetwork.htm.

Hans-Georg

 

[Bob Cerelli]

The basics for troubleshooting are:

1. Make sure you have the same IP scheme (e.g. 192.168.0.x).

2. Make sure you have the same Subnet Mask, Gateway, and DNS IP addresses.

3. Make sure you can ping the other computer's IP address. If this fails,
make sure you turn of XP's firewall.

4. Make sure you can ping the other computers by name.

5. Make sure you have the same workgroup name (watch for trailing spaces)

6. For troubleshooting purposes, turn off XP's and any other firewall
software. You can always add more complexity after you get it working.

7. With XP, make sure you have the same username and password as the person
logging onto the other computers. The default setting for XP Pro is to
require a password for network access.

8. More details about how to network XP can be found at:
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/xp_network.htm

9. More details about how to troubleshoot TCP/IP networkcs can be found at:
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/trouble.htm

10. Apply the registry edit to fix the browsing delay from XP to Win9x
computers
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/windowsxp_tips.htm#browsing_delay.

There continues to be a lot of misinformation about needing NetBEUI or to
changing the NetBIOS setting. You can ignore both. Installing NetBEUI to
solve a networking problem will just mask a some underlying and potentially
important misconfiguration with TCP/IP. The default NetBIOS setting works
fine so there is no need to change that either.