Getting a Win XP PC and a Win 98 PC to communicate across a networ

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From: Burritonator (Burritonator_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/24/05 

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 08:55:07 -0800

I have a Win XP PC and a Win 98 PC that I am trying to make communicate with
each other so that I can transfer some files. I have a very simple setup -
the two PCs are each connected to a Linksys hub. I disconnected my Internet
connection temporarily to take it out of the equation.

I've had no problem communicating between computers with this setup before,
but I always using Win 95, 98, or NT machines. This is first XP machine that
I've had at home.

Both PCs are in a workgroup simply called "Workgroup", and their network
connections seem to be active, as the lights on the hub are in the correct
configuration. However, the PCs can't see each other at all. When I the
browse the network from either PC, the PC sees itself under "Workgroup", but
not the other PC. If go to Start->Run and try to connect directly to one of
the shared folders on the other PC using the "\\<Computer Name>\<Share Name>"
method, I get the standard error that the network path could not be found.

Both PCs have TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, and NetBEUI protocols installed. At one
point, I tried taking the hub out of the equation and connecting an Ethernet
cable directly between the NICs of the two PCs, but upon restarting the XP
PC, it locked during bootup until I unplugged the cable. Can anyone give me
any clues as to what I'm missing and what I need to check?

Thanks

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