Unable to Get Network Working

I have a new pc running xp and an older pc running 98se. Both are connected
to the internet via a D-Link wireless router. However, both are hard wired
to the router temporarily (long story).

I ran the Network setup wizard on the new xp machine, made the disc for the
old machine and ran it without incident, named my workgroup HOME on both
machines (each has a unique name). After all of the setup, neither computer
seems to be able to see the other. Its as if I have no network at all. I
have run the troubleshooting programs, but they don't really reveal anything.

The only thing I can think of is that perhaps it should be wired differently
(i.e. router to xp, xp to 98 - but that would require two network jacks in
the xp machine for which I don't have space). I plan to make the old 98
machine wireless in the next days, but I'm hoping to get these two machines
talking so that I can run the Transfer Wizard to move some files and settings
to the new xp machine. Any ideas?
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