[NBLUG/noise] Windows networking

[Chris Wagner]

Most of the time, the barrier most people face is authentication.  The
Win 98 user should have the same username as the Win XP user, and
preferably the same password.  If the XP or 98 machine is not appearing
in Network Neighborhood/My Network Places, sometimes pointing directly
at the destination computer with a UNC path can help troubleshoot.  Go
to Start -> Run... And enter '\\<machinename>\' .  But I would also make
sure that XP is not blocking file/print sharing with it's built-in
firewall.  If you go to the properties for the network adapter under
Network Connections, Advanced -> Settings -> Exceptions, you should see
'File and Printer Sharing' in the list.

Pinging back and forth between the machines is a good idea for
troubleshooting, too.

-----Original Message-----
From: noise-bounces at nblug.org [mailto:noise-bounces at nblug.org] On Behalf
Of William Tracy
Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 11:05 AM
To: noise at nblug.org
Subject: [NBLUG/noise] Windows networking

Hello,

I'm having some headaches getting my parents' Winbl^H^Hdows boxen
networked. I'm hoping that someone here could either point me at a good
place to ask for help, or maybe actually help me. :-)

I'm trying to get file sharing on a Windows XP machine and a Windows
98 machine. They're connected via a Linksys router w/ a built-in hub
(and onboard DHCP!).

The Windows XP machine is up on the network and can see itself under
"Shared Files". The Windows 98 machine cannot see anything at all under
"Network Neighborhood". I can connect from it to the router by typing in
the router's IP address and access its browser-based config screens, so
the network card *is* working.

However, even when I follow Windows XP's advice to put the XP disk into
the 98 machine and run the "Network Setup Wizard", it complains that it
cannot find the network hardware.

So ... now what?

William

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