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July 8, 2000 at 10:40 AM
d'anno

Easy? Win98SE & Peer-to-Peer

by d'anno . Updated 25 years, 11 months ago

Maybe too easy, but here ’tis anyway. I have (2) Win98SE boxes (one Linux and one Win2K also, but will deal w/them later) connected through hub, ethernet NIC’s/cabling and connected to cable modem (connected directly to the hub). My ISP assigns IPaddresses via DHCP. Currently, the only network protocol assigned is TCP/IP. At one time, had NetBUI assigned. I have assigned both boxes the same workgroup name and turned on Print/File Sharing services. WINIPCFG indicates host names like “box1.charter.net” and “box2.charter.net” with no naming specific to my assigned workgroup. I don’t understand why the boxes can’t see each other in Network Neighborhood unless it is because I MUST assign static IP’s like 198.162.0.1 and 198.162.0.2. If I do this, I lose my Internet connect?? Any suggestions?

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