Windows XP and Windows 98SE

I just purchased a new computer with Windows XP and would
like to change my network to link my old computer running
Windows 98 SE. Currently, WIN 98 SE is the base computer
utiizing a cable modem (Roadrunner) and a Microsoft MN-100
wired router. When setting up the router, the Microsoft
Broadband Network Utility software was installed on the
Win 98 SE machine as the host and another computer was
connected to the router - everything is working fine.
My questions are: 1. Can Windows XP and Windows 98 SE
coexist on a network? 2. Should I uninstall the Network
Utility program from the Win 98 SE computer? 3. Then run
the software on the XP computer? 4. Do I even need to do
anything with the router or just simply connect the
existing cables to each computer? 5. Anything else I
should be concerned with?

Thanks.


sheppardwk

1. Yes, they can.
2. No need to uninstall the software - all it does is allow you to access
and manage the router. You can have it on multiple computers.
3. You can, but no need.
4. Connect the computer to the router and make sure it's configured to
automatically get an IP address and DNS addresses from the router.
5. The price of gasoline? :-)

http://www.wown.com/
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/
http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm

See the how-to guides at these sites for more information.

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"sheppardwk" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:0bab01c4f5ad$13abccb0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>I just purchased a new computer with Windows XP and would
> like to change my network to link my old computer running
> Windows 98 SE. Currently, WIN 98 SE is the base computer
> utiizing a cable modem (Roadrunner) and a Microsoft MN-100
> wired router. When setting up the router, the Microsoft
> Broadband Network Utility software was installed on the
> Win 98 SE machine as the host and another computer was
> connected to the router - everything is working fine.
> My questions are: 1. Can Windows XP and Windows 98 SE
> coexist on a network? 2. Should I uninstall the Network
> Utility program from the Win 98 SE computer? 3. Then run
> the software on the XP computer? 4. Do I even need to do
> anything with the router or just simply connect the
> existing cables to each computer? 5. Anything else I
> should be concerned with?
>
> Thanks.