Re: winxp to join win98 network - problem

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I got advice from my brother, and from other groups.
Some like this:
The integrated LAN connection uses the RJ45 jack. Remove the IP
address from the LAN 1394 (Firewire) connection. Assign 192.168.1.3
to the integrated LAN connection.

some over here:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.certification.a-plus/browse_thread/thread/6efcb2b45a0b15a6/4508056df29ed937?lnk=st&q=%22sean+cleary%22&rnum=2&hl=en#4508056df29ed937
(watch the wrap-around)(not wanting to cross post, I posted to 4 news
groups. The titles are similar except for the last word, so you can
find them)

I am really not sure what in particular solved this problem.
Realizing that the addresses I used were formed like 192.168.1.x
helped, so to resolve that .1. I had to use 255.255.0.0 or stop using
that 1. Putting sequential addresses helped too. My brother advized
that I find the *host.sam files and make changes in them according to
their instructions (associating an address with a name), as well as
changing each name to a simple no-spaces word may have helped. Getting
all the computers in the same workgroup may have helped.

There were some serious reverses. At one time one of the 98 computers
would not ping. (I developed a ping batch file for dos for all 3
computers, likewise for the ip config command)
And just getting all 3 computers to ping each other was a help. Finding
the MS-DOS command on the xp machine was interesting, as well as
finding all the small problems.

Some of the problems solved along the way were: XP had so many places
to put an address, so I put sequential addrs in each. One 98 machine
had an 'Internet connection sharing' adapter and protocol in the
network properties. Putting an address there shut down that machine
from the net. This took several tries to find and change back.
The XP firewall is down, and exiting the XP control panel throws up an
error on a file. But most of the problem is fixed.

Along the way I went through a troubleshooting wizard for each of XP
and 98. It did not help, but may be a useful checklist for others.

Sean

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