Cross over cable networking connection

From: Patrick (patl_at_reply.newsgroup.msn.com)
Date: 12/25/04 

Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 19:22:26 +0800

I have linked up 2 Windows XP machines together using a cross over cable
(and the connection is working in that I could remote-desktop from one
machine on to another). However, I am interested to know how I could share
the following amonst the 2 computers
1) Internet Connnection (with a USB Broadband modem on 1 of the PC)
2) Files/printers on both PCs by both PCs

Looking at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/814985 , I believe that setup
enable one-way sharing only, right? How could I make the sharing both ways,
so the USB modem and files/printers to be shared could be moved from one PC
to the other with no re-configuration?

TCP/IP of LAN connections currently set up as follows:
1) PC1
1.1) IP 10.11.2.1
1.2) subnet mask- 255.255.255.0
1.3) default gateway- 10.11.2.2
1.4) Workstation Name: PC1
1.5) Workgroup Name: HOME

2) PC2
2.1) IP 10.11.2.2
2.2) subnet mask- 255.255.255.0
2.3) default gateway- 10.11.2.1
2.4) Workstation Name: PC2
2.5) Workgroup Name: HOME

Observations
1) On PC2, when I try to browse to \\10.11.2.1, it asks me for a username
defaulting to PC1\guest (even with Guest account enabled on PC1 and password
set/entered correctly, it wont let me in).
2) On PC2, if I try to map to \\10.11.2.1 , logging on as PC1\AnyAdminUser
it won't let me in either
3) It takes a long time to browse the workgroup
3) On PC2, it takes a long time to browse list of computers in HOME
workgroup, only PC2 is listed
4) On PC1, there is an error saying resources not available and no
workstations are listed
5) On PC1, it complained \\10.11.2.1 is not available when I try to browse
to \\10.11.2.1

Question- anything else I need to do to get Internet Connection shared
(Besides taking the box on to enable it on the PC with USB Broadband modem
installed)

Furthermore, how could I configure the above if one of the PC is a Windows
98 ?

Relevant Pages

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