Network Neighborhood empty, but can access Internet

I have a small LAN:
cable modem with broadband cable connection
router with switch and DHCP server
two Windows 2000 clients
two Linux clients
one Windows XP client
one Windows 98se client

All the clients can access the Internet.
All the clients except for the Windows 98se
client can access one another, network
printers, etc.

The Windows 98se client can access the
Internet, but not the local network.
That is, when I open the Network Neighborhood,
all I can see is "Entire Network" and the
name of the Windows 98se computer itself.

Does anyone know what is causing this and
how to fix it? I tried deleting and
reinstalling the driver for the network card
once already.


Thomas Hedden

In article <2NKdnaLwidpj99zZRVn-(E-Mail Removed)>, Thomas Hedden
<tdhedden@MAPS_ON_comcast_NO_SPAM.net> wrote:
>I have a small LAN:
>cable modem with broadband cable connection
>router with switch and DHCP server
>two Windows 2000 clients
>two Linux clients
>one Windows XP client
>one Windows 98se client
>
>All the clients can access the Internet.
>All the clients except for the Windows 98se
>client can access one another, network
>printers, etc.
>
>The Windows 98se client can access the
>Internet, but not the local network.
>That is, when I open the Network Neighborhood,
>all I can see is "Entire Network" and the
>name of the Windows 98se computer itself.
>
>Does anyone know what is causing this and
>how to fix it? I tried deleting and
>reinstalling the driver for the network card
>once already.

Since Internet access works, the network card and its driver are OK.

The behavior that you report would happen if the W98se client's
workgroup name is different than the name on the other computers.
You can change the workgroup name in Control Panel | Network |
Identification.

What happens if you click the "Entire Network" icon? What
workgroup(s) does it show? It might take 15 minutes or so after
logging on before all workgroups appear.

You can access another computer, regardless of what workgroup either
computer is in, by typing the other computer's name in the Start | Run
box in this format:

\\computer

If those suggestions don't help, go to Control Panel | Network | File
and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks | Properties, and set
Browse Master to Disabled.
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Thomas Hedden wrote:
> I have a small LAN:
> cable modem with broadband cable connection
> router with switch and DHCP server
> two Windows 2000 clients
> two Linux clients
> one Windows XP client
> one Windows 98se client
>
> All the clients can access the Internet.
> All the clients except for the Windows 98se
> client can access one another, network
> printers, etc.
>
> The Windows 98se client can access the
> Internet, but not the local network.
> That is, when I open the Network Neighborhood,
> all I can see is "Entire Network" and the
> name of the Windows 98se computer itself.
>
> Does anyone know what is causing this and
> how to fix it? I tried deleting and
> reinstalling the driver for the network card
> once already.