Printer setup on network

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I have win 98se set up as a desktop computer and XP on the laptop. I want to set up internet sharing, printer sharing and files and folders i can get internet sharing and files and folders but i cant set up the print sharing.

I just connect 2 computers using the network card and the cat 5 cable no routers

Would someone give me information on how to go about setting up printer sharing

Havs

In article <91CEE6DD-F30A-4502-A312-(E-Mail Removed)>,
"Havs" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Hi
>
>I have win 98se set up as a desktop computer and XP on the laptop. I want
>to set up internet sharing, printer sharing and files and folders i can get internet
>sharing and files and folders but i cant set up the print sharing.
>
>I just connect 2 computers using the network card and the cat 5 cable no routers
>
>Would someone give me information on how to go about setting up printer sharing
>
>Havs

If you connect the computers directly to each other, without a
hub/switch/router, use a crossover Ethernet cable. A regular Ethernet
cable won't work.

If the XP laptop is the Internet sharing host, the whole setup is
easy. Running XP's Network Setup Wizard on both computers will
automatically make all the right settings. Use it to configure XP as
the host and 98se as the client:

XP ICS - Starting the Network Setup Wizard
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...rksetupwiz.htm

If the 98se desktop is the Internet sharing host, it's a bit harder:

1. Configure 98se as an Internet sharing host as shown here:

ICS Installation [Win98SE]
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...icsinstall.htm

2. Run XP's Network Setup Wizard on the laptop and tell it that the
computer connects to the Internet through another computer on your
network.

3. On 98se, go to Control Panel | Network and enable File and Printer
Sharing.

4. On 98se, go to Control Panel | Printers, right click the printer,
and share it.

If those tips don't get everything to work, please reply to this
message in the news group (not by E-mail) with more information.
Describe what doesn't work, which computer is to be the Internet
sharing host, which computer is connected to the printer that you want
to share, etc.
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm

Carey

"Havs" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:91CEE6DD-F30A-4502-A312-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi
>
> I have win 98se set up as a desktop computer and XP on the laptop. I want
to set up internet sharing, printer sharing and files and folders i can get
internet sharing and files and folders but i cant set up the print sharing.
>
> I just connect 2 computers using the network card and the cat 5 cable no
routers
>
> Would someone give me information on how to go about setting up printer
sharing
>
> Havs

Carey Holzman wrote:
> www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm
>


Is that your answer to everything? I looked, and it doesn't seem
to address the issue (or if it does, it's hidden in the confusion).


> Carey
>
> "Havs" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:91CEE6DD-F30A-4502-A312-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>Hi
>>
>>I have win 98se set up as a desktop computer and XP on the laptop. I want
>
> to set up internet sharing, printer sharing and files and folders i can get
> internet sharing and files and folders but i cant set up the print sharing.
>
>>I just connect 2 computers using the network card and the cat 5 cable no
>
> routers
>
>>Would someone give me information on how to go about setting up printer
>
> sharing
>
>>Havs
>
>
>

Actually, yes. It's quite organized. The moments you invest in it be a
direct benefit to you now and in the future.

Carey

"CJT" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Carey Holzman wrote:
> > www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm
> >
>
>
> Is that your answer to everything? I looked, and it doesn't seem
> to address the issue (or if it does, it's hidden in the confusion).
>
>
> > Carey
> >
> > "Havs" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:91CEE6DD-F30A-4502-A312-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> >>Hi
> >>
> >>I have win 98se set up as a desktop computer and XP on the laptop. I
want
> >
> > to set up internet sharing, printer sharing and files and folders i can
get
> > internet sharing and files and folders but i cant set up the print
sharing.
> >
> >>I just connect 2 computers using the network card and the cat 5 cable no
> >
> > routers
> >
> >>Would someone give me information on how to go about setting up printer
> >
> > sharing
> >
> >>Havs
> >
> >
> >
>