Re: Internet Connection Sharing AND networking?

Half way there! Once I disabled the browser on the 98 machine, I could find
it from the XP Pro machine. However, I still can't see the XP Pro machine
from the 98 machine....

Anyone?

Owen

"Chuck" <none@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:h6sbp1tjdhg9pcfig82g964vmplq39qihc@xxxxxxxxxx
> 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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