XP - Windows 98 Crossover cable

If you are experienced in building network patch cables, your best be would be to go to your local computer store and ask for a crossover cable. They will (hopefully) know what you are talking about. There are not different crossover cables for different operating systems -- they are all the same.

Hope this helps.

making a crossover cable is both fun and tedious. It's up to you whether you buy one or make one. If you choose to make one, you'll need just a regular cat 5 network cable, and you'll also need to buy a crimping tool, and the rj-45 8 modular connectors.

As you can see, buying an already made one has its advantages.

regardless, you would just plug the cable into both machines, make sure both machines are on the same subnet, same workgroup, have valid user account on the XP machine, on the 98 machine you'll only be able to put a password on a directory.

after that, you can share and backup from one machine to another.

Here's the wiring diagram:
http://www.makeitsimple.com/how-to/dyi_crossover.htm

In the Network settings, set both computers to the same workgroup and IP subnet (Use 192.168.0.x/255.255.255.0 for example), and you're in. If you're not familiar with networking, check online help for peer-to-peer networking information, or Technet for the resource kit. As long as both computers are configured for the same subnet in TCP/IP, and belong to the same workgroup, you should have no trouble.

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