Re: Internet Connection Sharing AND networking?

On Tue, 6 Dec 2005 11:50:40 -0700, "Owen Mortensen" <ojm.NO_SPAM@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>"Tony" <ttiger@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:dn21em$elg$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> "Owen Mortensen" <ojm.NO_SPAM@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:uIsvm5b%23FHA.2176@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Thanks. I'll give that a try when I get home this afternoon.
>>>
>>> Owen
>>>
>>> <rvegas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:OwztPzb%23FHA.2008@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Don't use the wizard.
>>>> Try this guide, should get your network up and running
>>>> http://www.pctechnicians.ca/help/xp.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Owen Mortensen" <ojm.NO_SPAM@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> news:%23umQFaa%23FHA.3308@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>I have a windows XP Pro machine that is connected to the Internet
>>>>>through dial-up. I have Internet Connection Sharing working such that I
>>>>>can connect to the Internet from a Windows 98SE computer through the XP
>>>>>Pro computer's dial-up connection. Now, I need to be able to share
>>>>>folders from the XP machine so the 98 machine can see them and the
>>>>>reverse. I've run the Network setup wizard several times, but still
>>>>>cannot see either the XP machine from the 98 machine OR the 98 machine
>>>>>from the XP machine.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone know how to make this work?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Owen
>>>>>
>>
>> Note that from the link given, you may wish to consider the following:
>>
>> XP doesn't give you the option of netbeui as standard (you can install it
>> as an additional option from the XP disk)
>>
>> ICS will not work if you use static IP addresses on the client machines
>> and will allocate a static IP address of 192.168.0.1 to the host machine.
>>
>> The most relevant part of the article is setting up a user/password on the
>> XP machine the same as that used on the windows 98 machine.

>Did not work. Still have the same problem: I can get to the Internet through
>the XP computer from the 98 computer, but I can't see the XP computer from
>the 98 computer nor the reverse.
>
>I cannot disable the firewall for just the LAN connection. If I disable the
>firewall on the LAN, the firewall is also disabled on the dial-up connection
>to the Internet (I don't want to do that! The log shows just about constant
>port probes from various ip addresses)....
>
>Ideas,
>Owen

Owen,

If you have all correct protocols and transports on all computers, check for a
browser (no, I'm not discussing Internet Explorer) problem. This is a normal
situation with Windows 98 and Windows XP on the same LAN.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/windows-9x-9598me-and-browser.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/windows-9x-9598me-and-browser.html
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/fix-network-problems-but-clean-up.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/fix-network-problems-but-clean-up.html

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
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