unable to network 98se with XP he - how do I set ixp on 98se??

the cables and hub work... ran the wizard on xp, then the
floppy on 98se... disabled firewall on xp, norton on
both... configd ixp on xp, am trying to do the same on
98se (so they both are using same protocol)... that is the
only reason i can think of why they cant see each other...

thanks for the help

cheers

and have added the ixp on 98se... still not working... ran
troubleshooter - pinged ok... changed name of laptop
(Compaq) just in case... still no dice....
>-----Original Message-----
>the cables and hub work... ran the wizard on xp, then the
>floppy on 98se... disabled firewall on xp, norton on
>both... configd ixp on xp, am trying to do the same on
>98se (so they both are using same protocol)... that is
the
>only reason i can think of why they cant see each other...
>
>thanks for the help
>
>cheers
>.
>

I would check out the IP addresses and Workgroup names. I would use a private ip address such as 169.192.0.1 and 169.192.0.2. If the Workgroup names are not exactly the same, you will have problems.

In article <65DC2499-62CD-4F19-A7EA-(E-Mail Removed)>,
"Jeff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I would check out the IP addresses and Workgroup names. I would use a
>private ip address such as 169.192.0.1 and 169.192.0.2. If the Workgroup
>names are not exactly the same, you will have problems.

The private IP address ranges are:

10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255
172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255
192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255

Making the workgroup name the same on all computers makes networking a
little easier, but it isn't necessary. Windows supports multiple
workgroups, and all computers can access all other computers in all
workgroups.
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"Scott" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:033301c39ccf$13ff2f00$(E-Mail Removed)...
> the cables and hub work... ran the wizard on xp, then the
> floppy on 98se... disabled firewall on xp, norton on
> both... configd ixp on xp, am trying to do the same on
> 98se (so they both are using same protocol)... that is the
> only reason i can think of why they cant see each other...
>
> thanks for the help
>
> cheers