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by tman12

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I have a P.C running Win 95 that I am attaching via crossover cable to a Win XP Pro box. I have different names on each pc, and have tried static IP's. I cannot get the XP pc to see the 95. I have bridged connections on the XP box, still with not luck. Any suggestions?

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by oz_media

Do you have NETBEUI installed as well as TCP/IP?

I found the only way to get two Win boxes to unite via crossover was to use the Microsoft NetBEUI protocol as opposed to TCP/IP.

by tman12

I do have NetBEUR installed as well. I had that probelm with 98, and figured it might be the issue here as well.

by tman12

I do have NetBEUI installed. I knew this was an issue with 98 and thought it might be the probelm here....

by oz_media

Do you have the same workgroup name for both PC's? Not the computer name but the workgroup name should be the same.

by oz_media

If you are getting activity lights on the cards it should be related to protocols.

If you aren't it could be a faulty cross-over cable ( I assume that you have a crossover and not just a CAT5 cable and that you know the difference).

Other thanthat, I've necer hooked up a win95 box to a WinXPPro box, not because I don't like 95 but because in my world XP is something to run screaming from, but that's another hooror story I won't bore you with.

Sorry but that's all I got 4 U,
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by pierrejamme

Both workgroups must nbe exactly the same and...
I believe the Win9x box has to log into the XP using a password and That exact same user and password (case sensitive)has to be setup as a user on the XP box.

by anaht

I had the same problem in my company network...On a experiment basis I tried replacing the Win95 I had on that PC ( which was Win95 Ver. A ) With Win95 ver C... Guess what I got a connection....

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