Networking Win 98 desktop to Win XP laptop

I am proposing to network my two PCs via a Network Path Cable CAT 5e RJ45
cable in order to share printers and data.
My desktop has Win 98SE and my laptop Win XP.
Does this give me a problem mixing the two systems?
Also could anyone give me a reference to a detailed article on connecting
only two home PCs
Blair Malcolm

Might I say Aaaarrrgghhh!
I tried to link a Win98 desktop to an XP Laptop. I failed completely!

--
Yours

Widow Twankey

** now shacked up with the Giant Beanstalk **
"Blair Malcolm" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:c1d9g2$eg6$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am proposing to network my two PCs via a Network Path Cable CAT 5e RJ45
> cable in order to share printers and data.
> My desktop has Win 98SE and my laptop Win XP.
> Does this give me a problem mixing the two systems?
> Also could anyone give me a reference to a detailed article on connecting
> only two home PCs
> Blair Malcolm
>
>
>

In article <c1d9g2$eg6$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Blair Malcolm"
(E-Mail Removed)lid says...
> I am proposing to network my two PCs via a Network Path Cable CAT 5e RJ45
> cable in order to share printers and data.

If you're not using a hub make sure that you get a crossover cable, or a
crossover adapter to work with a straight-through cable.

> My desktop has Win 98SE and my laptop Win XP.
> Does this give me a problem mixing the two systems?

Shouldn't. Might.

> Also could anyone give me a reference to a detailed article on connecting
> only two home PCs

Set one to use address 192.168.0.1, the other to 192.168.0.2, both with
netmask 255.255.255.0
Make sure that File and Printer Sharing is installed on each, and Client
for Microsoft Networks. Use the same username/password on each machine.
As you're not sharing an internet connection that's probably all you
need to bother with.

On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 16:24:26 -0000, "Blair Malcolm"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I am proposing to network my two PCs via a Network Path Cable CAT 5e RJ45
>cable in order to share printers and data.
>My desktop has Win 98SE and my laptop Win XP.
>Does this give me a problem mixing the two systems?
>Also could anyone give me a reference to a detailed article on connecting
>only two home PCs
>Blair Malcolm

I used to use www.helmig.com, and of course, www.google.co.uk.
...

SJW
A.C.S. Ltd.

"Lurch" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 16:24:26 -0000, "Blair Malcolm"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >I am proposing to network my two PCs via a Network Path Cable CAT 5e RJ45
> >cable in order to share printers and data.
> >My desktop has Win 98SE and my laptop Win XP.
> >Does this give me a problem mixing the two systems?
> >Also could anyone give me a reference to a detailed article on connecting
> >only two home PCs
> >Blair Malcolm
>
> I used to use www.helmig.com, and of course, www.google.co.uk.
> ..
>
> SJW
> A.C.S. Lt

many thanks for you help
Blair Malcolm

"Rob Morley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) t...
> In article <c1d9g2$eg6$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Blair Malcolm"
> (E-Mail Removed)lid says...
> > I am proposing to network my two PCs via a Network Path Cable CAT 5e
RJ45
> > cable in order to share printers and data.
>
> If you're not using a hub make sure that you get a crossover cable, or a
> crossover adapter to work with a straight-through cable.
>
> > My desktop has Win 98SE and my laptop Win XP.
> > Does this give me a problem mixing the two systems?
>
> Shouldn't. Might.
>
> > Also could anyone give me a reference to a detailed article on
connecting
> > only two home PCs
>
> Set one to use address 192.168.0.1, the other to 192.168.0.2, both with
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> Make sure that File and Printer Sharing is installed on each, and Client
> for Microsoft Networks. Use the same username/password on each machine.
> As you're not sharing an internet connection that's probably all you
> need to bother with.

Thanks for your help. The cable I was proposing was a crossover cable.
But one article I read stated that they had made use of "Net-Ling USB
connection cable" from Parrallel Technologies and the photo showed a cable
with what they called a controller in the middle which contained some
electronoics to switch the signals between the two systems.
Is this what you call an adaptor?
Blair Malcolm

>Thanks for your help. The cable I was proposing was a crossover cable.
>But one article I read stated that they had made use of "Net-Ling USB
>connection cable" from Parrallel Technologies and the photo showed a cable
>with what they called a controller in the middle which contained some
>electronoics to switch the signals between the two systems.
>Is this what you call an adaptor?
>Blair Malcolm
>
That's a different sort of technolgy. What you're referring to is a
USB network adaptor that makes use of the two computers USB ports to
connect the two machines together. Personally you'd be better of with
the conventional network cables, (that is Cat5e), as you'll get faster
network speeds and it's a lot easier to add more devices in the
future, (eg printers, ADSL modem, more PC's). Also, if you already
have network ports on the two machines a cat5e cable is a lot cheaper
than the USB adaptor.
...

SJW
A.C.S. Ltd.

In article <c1dv02$li7$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Blair Malcolm"
(E-Mail Removed)lid says...
>
<snip>
>
> Thanks for your help. The cable I was proposing was a crossover cable.
> But one article I read stated that they had made use of "Net-Ling USB
> connection cable" from Parrallel Technologies and the photo showed a cable
> with what they called a controller in the middle which contained some
> electronoics to switch the signals between the two systems.
> Is this what you call an adaptor?

That's a different beast altogether - it's effectively the modern
equivalent of connecting two machines with a laplink cable on the serial
or parallel ports, except that USB is more complicated so it needs some
electronics in the middle as well. The adaptor I was referring to is
simply a way of turning a straight-through Cat5 cable into a crossover
cable - it has an RJ45 socket on one side and a plug on the other, and
crosses the appropriate connections between the two.

"Rob Morley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) t...
> In article <c1dv02$li7$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Blair Malcolm"
> (E-Mail Removed)lid says...
> >
> <snip>
> >
> > Thanks for your help. The cable I was proposing was a crossover cable.
> > But one article I read stated that they had made use of "Net-Ling USB
> > connection cable" from Parrallel Technologies and the photo showed a
cable
> > with what they called a controller in the middle which contained some
> > electronoics to switch the signals between the two systems.
> > Is this what you call an adaptor?
>
> That's a different beast altogether - it's effectively the modern
> equivalent of connecting two machines with a laplink cable on the serial
> or parallel ports, except that USB is more complicated so it needs some
> electronics in the middle as well. The adaptor I was referring to is
> simply a way of turning a straight-through Cat5 cable into a crossover
> cable - it has an RJ45 socket on one side and a plug on the other, and
> crosses the appropriate connections between the two.

Thanks for your help. I was obviously misled by this article. I will stick
to the Cat 5 cable
Thanks again
Blair Malcolm

"Widow Twankey" <abuse@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
news:c1da87$a2o$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Might I say Aaaarrrgghhh!
> I tried to link a Win98 desktop to an XP Laptop. I failed completely!
>
> --
> Yours
>
> Widow Twankey
>
> ** now shacked up with the Giant Beanstalk **
> "Blair Malcolm" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:c1d9g2$eg6$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I am proposing to network my two PCs via a Network Path Cable CAT 5e
RJ45
> > cable in order to share printers and data.
> > My desktop has Win 98SE and my laptop Win XP.
> > Does this give me a problem mixing the two systems?
> > Also could anyone give me a reference to a detailed article on
connecting
> > only two home PCs
> > Blair Malcolm

Simple really, can't understand the problem;-)

CB