Connecting Win2000 to Win98 via Crossover

From: Nimit Mehta (chocofilium_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 07/05/04 

Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 11:25:04 -0700

you must have not made a perfect crossover patch cable.
Check for flashing lights on your LAN card. If you dont
see lights flashing, connect both the machines and go
to "network neighbourhood, properties, local area network"
What do you see? Disabled? Enabled? or Disconnected?
If shows D/C, check your cross cable again.
In your win98 use gateway : 192.168.0.1. and use DNS
192.168.0.1.
On your 2000, use IP settings as given to you by your ISP.
Share the Modem for your LAN.
Turn both machines on and ping 192.168.0.2 from w2k. If
you dont get a reply, your Zone Alarm is blocking ICMP.
Disable or uninstall Zone Alarm and try pinging again
until you get the reply. Once you get replies from
192.168.0.2 you have achieved half of your goals. Do R&D
and you will be able to connect.
-Nimit.
>-----Original Message-----
>I have been trying to set up a crossover network at
home. I have a crossover ethernet cable and an NIC in
both machines. The network appears to be established(
when i check the connection on the win2K pc it says
enabled with 300 packets sent and usualy 0 recieved ), but
I cannot see the other computer from either machine. I
tried to ping from one machine to the next and I get
request timed out.
>
>Windows 2000pro
>using IP 192.168.0.1
>Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
>This pc has Dial up internet access which i intend to
share with the other PC.
>ZoneAlarm Firewall
>
>Windows 98
>using IP 192.168.0.2
>Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
>
>.
>

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