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Network XP and 98 P2P

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by craig shepherd 1 view

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Previously I had 2 98SE machines networked at home via a crossover cable, and everything was happy.

I've upgraded one of the machines(clean install) to XP and I can't seem to get the network working.
It gives me the little bubble down the bottomright that says network cable disconnected. It's definitely connected though.
All my XP setting appear to be the same as my 98 settings.

Thanks in advance.

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by ann777

If you have link lights at both the nics, you should not be experiencing any hareware issues. If either of the computers do not have a link light, then unplug and replug that network cable at both ends.

Make sure that windows 98 is set to a static ip of 192.168.1.1 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. Make sure that you XP computer is set to a static ip address of 192.168.1.2 with a subnet of 255.255.255.0. Make sure that both computers are in the same domain or workgroup (including capitalization). Make sure that Microsofts' NetBEUI protocol is loaded on both computers.

Also, you may need to resetup your shares on the XP computer after upgrading. Check out the shares and make sure that they are still correct.

You should also be able to ping back and forth between the two computers.

by craig shepherd

I have the network setup as described with the workgroup name as WORKGROUP on both computers.

The only thing that is different is I'm using TCP/IP instead of NetBEUI.
I need this for the internet connection on the XP machine.

by ann777

There's nothing wrong with adding MS NetBEUI and using it in addition to TCP/IP. In fact, it is recommended:

A recommended method is to install both NetBEUI and TCP/IP in each computer and set the server up to use NetBEUI for communication within the LAN and TCP/IP for communication beyond the LAN.

If you have everything setup properly, then I'd look to XP as the problem. Is the nic driver on the XP machine in the HCL? Who manufacturers that nic? It may be a drive compatibility issue.

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