getting 98se to see Xp on network

I have been racking my brains out on this. I know it has a simple fix. Well here goe
the equipment I am using is as follows
Hp pavilion with Xphome and linksys wmp54g PCI car
Linksys Wrt54G wireless Broadband router with 4port switc
Micron PC with win98s

I have followed all of the instructions on seting up the router and computers to function with the router. The Micron is wired to the router while the HP is wireless (downstairs) As far as internet and mail everything works fine. I then wanted to network the two computers together. Downstairs (HP with XP home) sees the upstairs compurter fine. Here is the problem. When I am on the upstairs computer I have to search for the other computer. Sometimes it is there and some times it is not. I have the firewall on xp disabled and the firewall on the router enabled. I then tried with the firewall disabled on the router still the samething. I also have zonelab on the Micron turned off. I have tried all that I can think of. Now I can not even get the network to work. I can still surf and get mail on both. There are quite a few new netwirk connections and bridges on the Xp where did they come from. Should I start from scratch?? Help Please

In article <AAA7A3C5-DC71-47D0-BD40-(E-Mail Removed)>,
"Carl" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I have been racking my brains out on this. I know it has a simple fix. Well here goes
>the equipment I am using is as follows:
>Hp pavilion with Xphome and linksys wmp54g PCI card
>Linksys Wrt54G wireless Broadband router with 4port switch
>Micron PC with win98se
>
>I have followed all of the instructions on seting up the router and computers to
>function with the router. The Micron is wired to the router while the HP is
>wireless (downstairs) As far as internet and mail everything works fine. I then
>wanted to network the two computers together. Downstairs (HP with XP home)
>sees the upstairs compurter fine. Here is the problem. When I am on the
>upstairs computer I have to search for the other computer. Sometimes it is
>there and some times it is not. I have the firewall on xp disabled and the
>firewall on the router enabled. I then tried with the firewall disabled on the
>router still the samething. I also have zonelab on the Micron turned off.
>I have tried all that I can think of. Now I can not even get the network to work.
>I can still surf and get mail on both. There are quite a few new netwirk
>connections and bridges on the Xp where did they come from. Should I
>start from scratch?? Help Please

On XP, right click and remove the Network Bridge. The Network Setup
Wizard creates it when a computer has more than one network adapter,
but some network adapters don't work properly when bridged.

It can take up to 15 minutes after a computer starts up before network
browsing works. During that time, you should be able to access
another computer by typing the other computer's name in the Start |
Run box preceded by two backslash characters:

\\computer

If that doesn't help, un-install ZoneAlarm to see if it's causing
problems. After un-installing it, go to Start | Run | Msconfig |
Startup and disable any remnants of ZoneAlarm.

If all that doesn't help, try these steps:

1. Permanently disable XP's built-in Internet Connection Firewall on
local area network connections -- it's for use only on a direct modem
connection to the Internet. Disable and un-install all other
firewalls while troubleshooting. Details here:

Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...c_firewall.htm

2. Use only one protocol for File and Printer Sharing. If the network
needs more than one protocol, unbind File and Printer Sharing from all
but one of them. Details here:

Windows XP Network Protocols
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/..._protocols.htm

3. Make sure that NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on all computers.
Details here:

Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (NetBT)
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...hoot/netbt.htm

4. Run "ipconfig /all" on XP and look at the "Node Type" at the
beginning of the output. If it says "Peer-to-Peer" (which should
actually be "Point-to-Point") that's the problem. It means that the
computer only uses a WINS server, which isn't available on a
peer-to-peer network for NetBIOS name resolution.

If that's the case, run the registry editor, open this key:

HLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parame ters

and delete these values if they're present:

NodeType
DhcpNodeType

Reboot, then try network access again.

If that doesn't fix it, open that registry key again, create a DWORD
value called "NodeType", and set it to 1 for "Broadcast" or 4 for
"Mixed".

For details, see these Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

Default Node Type for Microsoft Clients
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;160177

TCP/IP and NBT Configuration Parameters for Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314053
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