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Networking XP, W2000 and W98

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Have 4 PCs in home network: 1 with XP Home edition, 1 with Windows 2000, 2 with Windows 98se.
IP are fixed, ICS is done via Proxy software and is working fine.
But no filesharing is possible: PCs don't even see the others in the workgroup. Tried several protocols, even NETBEUI. What's wrong? Can you help ?!

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by rpussel

Sorry,but all network setting are set
as "usually" required.
1 workgroup
4 PCs
ics by Proxy, runs.
But only thw 2 w98 PCs see each other
in the workgroup.
?!?

by nick

Take out everything but TCP/IP on all machines.

Make sure that the workgroups are all set as the same. The proxy would still work even if the workgroups were all different

by rpussel

Well, using only TCP/IP has the following effect:

ping succesful to XP and W2000 machines,
not successful to W98 PC.
XP and W2000 see the W98-PC in workgroup and the
shares, but can not connect ?!?

Adding NETBEUI to both W98 PCs allows connecting
to the shared directories. Still XP and W2000 PCs
can only see the other machines but can't connect.

What ever I do, ICS over proxy ALLWAYAS works fine.

?!?

Any idea left ?!?

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