Windows 98 xp networks

On both computers, sharing is enabled for everything that I need to share. On the XP machine, I can access the 98 machine without a problem, transfer files, etc. On the 98 machine, in Network Neighborhood, the two computers show up, but when I try to access the XP machine, it gives me the error message: The computer or sharename could not be found.

Make sure you typed it correctly, and try again. The computers are both in the same workgroup and everything. I have tried everything but to no avail. Can anyone help? Thanks, A troubled networker.

By the way, I have tried this with my firewall off, using Client for Microsoft Networks and a few other things. Please, if you could help me with this, I really need to get this working! Here is a good post over at bink. I really need this network, especially for the printer sharing. What am I to do? There must be some other reason for this This is bugging me because the XP computer shows up in Network Neighborhood.

I really need to find the solution to this so any help is greatly, greatly appreciated. Welcome to Ars. It is not true from the other direction. The file format is not the problem. All boxes can read from all other boxes. Your problem, based on the error message you cited, is locating the resource. It could be a name resolution problem. It could be something as simple as the XP firewall not allowing incoming connections. I know you said you tried it with the XP firewall turned off, but the Master Browser can take a few minutes to update, so sometimes just waiting a few minutes makes the difference.

It could also be a Master Browser conflict. My first step would be verifying that you can ping the xp box from the 98 box. Thanks alot for the input.

I am going to disable master browser on the 98 machine. It is already enabled on the XP machine, am I correct? I will update with the status in the morning - please stick with me. Thanks so much. I aslo cannot ping the XP machine. What the heck is going on here? If you can't ping the xp box, I'd start by disabling any local xp firewall.

Later, you can make sure in the firewall exceptions tab that file and print sharing is checked. But, for troubleshooting, just disable the firewall.

It's weird. I can ping the 98 box from the XP box I still get a login failure, when I start-up indicating that no server could be located to validate the user and some network objects may not be available. I have tried both options and also tried to modify the Primary Network Login within the network properties but am still having no luck connecting the two.

I don't have a hub but when I plug the twisted pair cable into the XP machine, I am getting a connection but still can't find the computer or folders. I looked again at all of my security, and found that I had not disabled the Norton Internet Security program running on my Windows 95 machine. After killing that program, the connection finally worked. Attention to detail is needed, and I missed that one. Browse Community. Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.

Showing results for. Search instead for. Did you mean:. Last reply by ARL Unsolved. NJ 2 Bronze. And remember to get Category 5 Ethernet Cables for each computer to connect to the device. NOTE: With many broadband internet contracts, a router is provided free of charge or for a small top-up.

The router would also normally come with one ethernet cable to connect your main PC. Most folks would go by the Router method.

Once you have the equipment, hook them up together. The network device is the center - all computer's Network Interface Card's connect to it via the Ethernet cable. This step is not required if you are using a router Skip to step 3. Routers dynamically allocate IP address to your computers.

If you are using a switch or a hub, we have to manually give each computer a number. The order doesn't matter, but I personally prefer to give the Internet Sharing Computer or the master computer - the fastest one - the first number. The computer's IP address would be So assuming we have 3 computers, they would be numbered as follows:.

PC 1 - If it still doesn't say Connected, right-click the connection, Disable. Wait a few moments, and right-click the connection, Enable. Now it should say under the status: Connected! We've basically configured the computers so that they can find each other. Now how do we share folders and access them from the other computer?

Or play LAN games? For LAN gaming, it could not get any simpler! There are two options for sharing an Internet Connection. The disadvantages of using a proxy server is that you cannot use any application that requires a direct connection to the other party. The free version supports up to 3 users which is sufficient for most home users. Also keep in …. And on a different note, on the same computer, windows 98 - My father bought a slave hard drive and installed it, but the bios on the machine didn't allow for the size, and he was required to partition the new drive into 4 parts.

Is there any way to upgrade the bios on such an old machine to accept the bigger hard drive in a single partition? Use the wizard to get the cable conenction from your router. Connect the XP machine It will have 2 cards to the router with the patch cable.

Then conect it to the win98 machine with the crossover cable and the other card. On the xp machine enable connection sharing of the cable connection so the 98 machine can get it.

Put the xp cd in the 98 machine and run the networking wzard under additional tasks so you can use the shared connection. Is it possible to get the two modems to talk to eachother and accomplish the same thing without having an active phone line in the appartment?

Also keep in mind that even if the machine does have available PCI slots, they will be the original PCI bus spec version 1 ; newer PCI network cards may not work in those slots. I dont know much about this so youd better do some research. Having said that, I have a few - PCs running 3. Network cards are quite cheap anyway and you can always get older ones off of ebay and I think - but DONT take my word for it!