PlagueWielder3k Posted October 4, 2003 Share Posted October 4, 2003 Hey Im trying to network 2 computers together via a cross-over cable. One computer has XP Pro and the other one has 98SE. I installed the NICs and both work fine. The computer with XP Pro is connected to the internet through a USB modem. Heres what I did: Connected the computers with the cable. Configured the XP Pro machine with the networking wizard so its the host and other computers connect to the internet through it. I made the disk and installed it on the 98SE machine. Heres where the problem is: The XP Pro machine can see the 98SE machine through the workgroup window but it cannot access any of the files on the 98SE machine. The other problem is that the 98SE machine cant see the XP Pro machine and because of that it cant access the internet as-well. Does anyone know how to solve this problem? Thanks in advance.. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Veteran Posted October 4, 2003 Veteran Share Posted October 4, 2003 do you have ICS running on the xp computer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlagueWielder3k Posted October 4, 2003 Author Share Posted October 4, 2003 yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlagueWielder3k Posted October 5, 2003 Author Share Posted October 5, 2003 anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fonts Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 ok windows xp and windows 98 use a diffrent stype of file shareing wat you need to do is you need to create a user on your xp machine and then login on the 98 machine witht he same user and password as it is on the xp machine and 2 share th net make sure u have ics running then go to your network card and eirther specify an ip or just leave it for dhcp hope this helps fonts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aco Veteran Posted October 5, 2003 Veteran Share Posted October 5, 2003 Sounds like this bloke had the same problem... http://users.oco.net/stmute/ Good luck. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlagueWielder3k Posted October 5, 2003 Author Share Posted October 5, 2003 Thanks, Ill try that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 have you set the files you want to share on the 98 machine? ive seen quite a lot of people try to network and never sharing anything so obviously nothing appears when they browse the pc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlagueWielder3k Posted October 5, 2003 Author Share Posted October 5, 2003 Ok, I got the network to work and we even got some gta2 action going on but the 98 machine still cant access the internet. I tried everything and then I found out that it wasnt 98SE but its 98 (first edition). Does that matter? Anyone know how to make the net connection work? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlagueWielder3k Posted October 6, 2003 Author Share Posted October 6, 2003 bump. Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougkinzinger Posted October 6, 2003 Share Posted October 6, 2003 Do you have broadband shared thru the XP machine, or a router? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlagueWielder3k Posted October 6, 2003 Author Share Posted October 6, 2003 through xp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 yeah it think it does matter you need SE for ICS/networking i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Veteran Posted October 7, 2003 Veteran Share Posted October 7, 2003 there is a policy option you can enable to allow 98 to connect to xp shares. http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/winxpgpe.htm#netpswd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlagueWielder3k Posted October 8, 2003 Author Share Posted October 8, 2003 The shares are fine, thats not my problem. The problem is that I cant connect to the net through the 98 machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nu-cleer Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 On the 98 machine.....run>"winipcfg" When the window opens confirm the configurations and go to advanced setup and set the networking configs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlagueWielder3k Posted October 8, 2003 Author Share Posted October 8, 2003 Thanks, Ill give that a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Veteran Posted October 9, 2003 Veteran Share Posted October 9, 2003 try turning ICS off and bridging the connections. this is an alternative to ICS, but ICS is a little better suited for your configuration... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poisonarrow Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 The shares are fine, thats not my problem. The problem is that I cant connect to the net through the 98 machine. I was having exactly the same problem as you. I solved it by doing the following on the Windows 98SE machine: Start > Settings > Control Panel > Network > Configuration > *select appropraite network component* > Properties > WINS Configuration > Use DHCP for WINS Resolution If it is already set to that, or that does not fix the problem, trying pinging, say, www.google.com. Does that work? Then try pinging an IP address. Google's is 216.239.59.99 - does that work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlagueWielder3k Posted October 10, 2003 Author Share Posted October 10, 2003 The machine has 98 not 98SE but Ill try that. Im going there later today so Ill let you I got it to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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