network problems

i have a 98 pc and a xp pc and am trying to network them together
i have connected them to a gateway and they both connect to the
internet no problems
the xp pc can see the 98 pc when i click on show work group computers
but when i try to open the 98 pc i get the network path was not found
on the 98 pc when i click Network Neighborhood sometimes the network
neighbourhood is not avalible and sometimes it will see the network but
with only the 98 pc in there
i have file and printer sharing avalible on both pc's

any help would make my day

have a great one

alesford

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> i have a 98 pc and a xp pc and am trying to network them together
> i have connected them to a gateway and they both connect to the
> internet no problems
> the xp pc can see the 98 pc when i click on show work group computers
> but when i try to open the 98 pc i get the network path was not found
> on the 98 pc when i click Network Neighborhood sometimes the network
> neighbourhood is not avalible and sometimes it will see the network but
> with only the 98 pc in there
> i have file and printer sharing avalible on both pc's
>
> any help would make my day
>
> have a great one
>
> alesford
>
Set up a Linux machine with Samba and point to it from the two machines
as their WINS server. Or figure out how to make WINS work on Windows
(good luck).

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On 21 Mar 2006 06:28:05 -0800, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>i have a 98 pc and a xp pc and am trying to network them together
>i have connected them to a gateway and they both connect to the
>internet no problems
>the xp pc can see the 98 pc when i click on show work group computers
>but when i try to open the 98 pc i get the network path was not found
>on the 98 pc when i click Network Neighborhood sometimes the network
>neighbourhood is not avalible and sometimes it will see the network but
>with only the 98 pc in there
>i have file and printer sharing avalible on both pc's

Can you ping the xp machine from the 98 machine? Try it by name and
number. Report back

Have you disabled any firewalls? You may need to uninstall because
disabling often isn't enough if a personal firewall is misbehaving.

As well as installing file and printer sharing, you have to share out
at least one directory. Have you done this?


Jim.

i do not have the recorces to set up a linux mahine yet but i intend to
in the future

thanks for the point in the direction of WINS i will look into it and
et back

have a great one

ales

hi jim

i tried pinging the xp machine from the 98 and had no luck i pinged th
bbc to make sure it worked and no probs as usual with the bbc

i also pinged the 98 machine from the xp an all packets were sent and
recived with 0 round trip time

there are no firewalls running on the 98 machine i have avg free
disabled it no difference

i have not touched the firewalls on the xp machine

i have the c drive and a printer being shared from the 98 machine and
the shared docs folder and a printer being shared from the xp machine

thanks for getting in touch can u reccomend anything else

you see i have had te two networking before on a crossover cable after
a restart as i upgraded to a hub i have these troubles i found a web
page tht helped me last time but no im completley lost i know it will
work but how its all down to a single tick i just know

sorry for waffling on

have a nice one ales

"alesford" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> hi jim
>
> i tried pinging the xp machine from the 98 and had no luck i pinged th
> bbc to make sure it worked and no probs as usual with the bbc
>
> i also pinged the 98 machine from the xp an all packets were sent and
> recived with 0 round trip time
>
> there are no firewalls running on the 98 machine i have avg free
> disabled it no difference
>
> i have not touched the firewalls on the xp machine
>
> i have the c drive and a printer being shared from the 98 machine and
> the shared docs folder and a printer being shared from the xp machine
>
> thanks for getting in touch can u reccomend anything else
>
> you see i have had te two networking before on a crossover cable after
> a restart as i upgraded to a hub i have these troubles i found a web
> page tht helped me last time but no im completley lost i know it will
> work but how its all down to a single tick i just know
>
> sorry for waffling on
>
> have a nice one ales
>

try uninstalling AVG on win98 (not just disabling)

On 22 Mar 2006 02:40:44 -0800, "alesford" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>i tried pinging the xp machine from the 98 and had no luck i pinged th
>bbc to make sure it worked and no probs as usual with the bbc
>
>i also pinged the 98 machine from the xp an all packets were sent and
>recived with 0 round trip time
>
>there are no firewalls running on the 98 machine i have avg free
>disabled it no difference
>
>i have not touched the firewalls on the xp machine

One way pings like that are nearly always down to a misconfigured or
misbehaving firewall. Check the xp firewall is allowing traffic on
ports 137-139 and look on the 98 for a disused firewall which hasn't
been uninstalled or has not been uninstalled correctly.


Jim.

al right jim

checked the xp one and all ports 137-139 are open

the 98 is a new install and the only protection software i have
installed are

spybot search and destroy
lavasoft adaware se
avg free virusprotection

have checked program list and ad/remove programs only the programs i
installed can be found there

why oh why cant computers have a little inteligence help me help u help
me help u

ales

hi larry welcome to my problem

my hub is a belkin f5d7230uk 4 ver 4000uk wireless g router
i have followed all instructions to the letter messed round with all
configurations and then restarted it and set it all up how i want i
have set both computers up in the Firewall > MAC address filtering and
Enable MAC Address Filtering > with no luck

on the belkin the lights are
xp light is green 10 bace-t device connected
98 orange 100 bace-tx device connected

will this cause problems

the crossover cable worked i had to lend it to a friend he had it all
working sharing and all when i got it back i restarted it as i dont
like other peoples rubish and then the problems started

when i used a crossover cable i had these problems at the start i found
help but canot rember what it was

forgetfully
ales

"alesford" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> al right jim
>
> checked the xp one and all ports 137-139 are open
>
> the 98 is a new install and the only protection software i have
> installed are
>
> spybot search and destroy
> lavasoft adaware se
> avg free virusprotection
>
> have checked program list and ad/remove programs only the programs i
> installed can be found there
>
> why oh why cant computers have a little inteligence help me help u help
> me help u
>
> ales
>

share at least one folder on each machine (for testing) try it
no?
disable XP's firewall and try again (disconnect the gateway from the
internet connection so the nasties won't get in while you are trouble
shooting)