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A couple of days ago my network stopped working, not completely, but it's
still broke.
I can see the 98se machine from the xp box, and some of it's files, but I
can't access them. And I can't see the XP box from the 98se machine.
SOmetimes the Entire Network icon appears on the 98 machine, but not always.

The problems started when I tried to add a laptop - Toshiba 4060 runing98 -
to the Lan, using the exact same settings that had worked on the 98se
desktop. Unfortunately that must have triggered something, but I can't work
out what.

I've tried fiddling about with the settings all I can but to no avail.

Any help would be appreciated

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, "Daniel Foster"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>A couple of days ago my network stopped working, not completely, but it's
>still broke.
>I can see the 98se machine from the xp box, and some of it's files, but I
>can't access them. And I can't see the XP box from the 98se machine.
>SOmetimes the Entire Network icon appears on the 98 machine, but not always.
>
>The problems started when I tried to add a laptop - Toshiba 4060 runing98 -
>to the Lan, using the exact same settings that had worked on the 98se
>desktop. Unfortunately that must have triggered something, but I can't work
>out what.
>
>I've tried fiddling about with the settings all I can but to no avail.
>
>Any help would be appreciated

These tips should help:

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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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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