network wetup/wizard win 98/ win XP pro

Got a wireless router for networking the office. Did
this at home w/ a microsoft product, had no problem
getting the network set up. At work, got a D-link router
and they only support you until they know the signal is
going out/ being received; they don't help you set up
the network.

Apparently to network a Win 98 and Win XP pro computer
together is some sort of problem. (although it worked
fine w/ the MS product). Ran network setup wizard;
apparently you have to do this on the XP first, make a
floppy to transfer netwrok settings to 98 unit. OR you
can use thw winXP CD-ROM to run the wizard on the win
98. PROBLEM is, the XP has no floppy drive and the
wizard won't give me an option of burning the info to a
CD; AND then win98 computer can't run the netconfig
that's on the XP CD-ROM. Strange thing is , I discovered
I can print from the wireless XP to the printer attached
to the wired win 98 computer. But other than that, they
don't see each other on network places.
I'm sure this is simple to a knowledgeable person, but I
just can;t figure it out.
Any help would be greatly appreciated

In article <454201c3ff35$e4d4d990$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Bobby"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Got a wireless router for networking the office. Did
>this at home w/ a microsoft product, had no problem
>getting the network set up. At work, got a D-link router
>and they only support you until they know the signal is
>going out/ being received; they don't help you set up
>the network.
>
>Apparently to network a Win 98 and Win XP pro computer
>together is some sort of problem. (although it worked
>fine w/ the MS product). Ran network setup wizard;
>apparently you have to do this on the XP first, make a
>floppy to transfer netwrok settings to 98 unit. OR you
>can use thw winXP CD-ROM to run the wizard on the win
>98. PROBLEM is, the XP has no floppy drive and the
>wizard won't give me an option of burning the info to a
>CD; AND then win98 computer can't run the netconfig
>that's on the XP CD-ROM. Strange thing is , I discovered
>I can print from the wireless XP to the printer attached
>to the wired win 98 computer. But other than that, they
>don't see each other on network places.
>I'm sure this is simple to a knowledgeable person, but I
>just can;t figure it out.
>Any help would be greatly appreciated

You don't need to run XP's Wizard on the 98 unit -- you can set the
network up manually.

Go to Control Panel | Network and :

1. Install Client for Microsoft Networks.
2. Install File and Printer Sharing.
3. Configure the TCP/IP->NIC properties to obtain an IP address
automatically.
4. Click the Identification tab and set the workgroup name to the same
name that XP uses (default is MSHOME). This isn't strictly necessary,
but it makes networking a little easier.

What connection method did you specify when you ran the Wizard on XP?
The right choice is "through a residential gateway or through another
computer on my network." If you specified something else, run the
Wizard again.
--
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