lost file sharing on Linksys Wireless

I have been running the Linksys G wireless network system
on my Main computer (WinXP direct wired), Laptop (Win XP
wireless PCMCIA care) and 3rd computer (Win 98SE with
wireless PCI card). File and printer sharing was working
well until 4 days ago on all. Now on the Win 98SE computer
I can only share internet access but file and printer
connection is lost. The Linksys WLAN Monitor shows only
connection to the internet. It is set up in infrastructure
mode with WEP disabled. The TCP/IP window has the
following settings showing: IP Address 198.168.1.101,
Subnet mask 255.0.0.0, Default Gateway 192.168.1.1, DHCP
Enable, DNS 0.0.0.0 These numbers mean nothing to me. Is
the DNS at all zeros a problem?

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"Lance" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have been running the Linksys G wireless network system
> on my Main computer (WinXP direct wired), Laptop (Win XP
> wireless PCMCIA care) and 3rd computer (Win 98SE with
> wireless PCI card). File and printer sharing was working
> well until 4 days ago on all. Now on the Win 98SE computer
> I can only share internet access but file and printer
> connection is lost. The Linksys WLAN Monitor shows only
> connection to the internet. It is set up in infrastructure
> mode with WEP disabled. The TCP/IP window has the
> following settings showing: IP Address 198.168.1.101,
> Subnet mask 255.0.0.0, Default Gateway 192.168.1.1, DHCP
> Enable, DNS 0.0.0.0 These numbers mean nothing to me. Is
> the DNS at all zeros a problem?

I don't know about Wireless G, but my Linksys WPC11 does not have any
problem. I have a Linksys wireless router and 4 PCs, 1. XP wired, 2. ME
wireless, 3. XP wireless, and 4. 98SE wireless, and they all share printers
and files. My 98SE does not display the current IP anywhere. How did you
see yours? I'm wondering if you may have looked at Network Properties to
see your IP. If so, you should not see it there, instead it will say
"Obtain IP Address Automatically". Just guessing, but are you using a fixed
IP in your wireless 98SE configuration? That COULD explain your problem.

Make sure all your wireless PC's do not have any TCP/IP settings configured.
They should be getting everything IP, DNS, WINS resolution, gateway, etc.
through DHCP.

You should NOT install NetBEUI on any of your PC's. Carey Holtzman's page
is good, although he suggests enabling more protocols than you really need.
The only protocol you need is TCP/IP on all PC's. All you need for file and
printer sharing is to make sure on EVERY PC that they have the checkbox for
"Enable Netbios over TCP/IP" checked. My Win98SE grays it out, but shows a
check behind the gray.

Lastly, make sure your share names are short and do not contain spaces. (I
think there's a 8 or 10 character limit).

Beware, if you change your network configuration, you will probably have to
re-add any network printers at each PC. It's a pain.