Win 98SE can't translate comp name to IP addr

I have an old Win 98 SE computer wireless networked
together through a DLink router to 2 other XP computers.
The XP computers recognize each other fine and can access
shared printes, files, etc. but the 98SE does not.
However, the 98SE computer can ping the others, and they
can ping it, and if you do "net view" with the IP address
from the 98SE computer, it can see the resources on the
other machines, and vice versa (do "net view" with the IP
address on the XP machines and they can see the resources
on the 98 machine). Seems like there is an obvious
problem with translating computer names to IP addresses
but I haven't been able to put my finger on a solution.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm

Carey

"M. Sturzenbecker" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:0d9901c3b38b$3bba7f90$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have an old Win 98 SE computer wireless networked
> together through a DLink router to 2 other XP computers.
> The XP computers recognize each other fine and can access
> shared printes, files, etc. but the 98SE does not.
> However, the 98SE computer can ping the others, and they
> can ping it, and if you do "net view" with the IP address
> from the 98SE computer, it can see the resources on the
> other machines, and vice versa (do "net view" with the IP
> address on the XP machines and they can see the resources
> on the 98 machine). Seems like there is an obvious
> problem with translating computer names to IP addresses
> but I haven't been able to put my finger on a solution.
> Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

In article <0d9901c3b38b$3bba7f90$(E-Mail Removed)>, "M.
Sturzenbecker" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I have an old Win 98 SE computer wireless networked
>together through a DLink router to 2 other XP computers.
>The XP computers recognize each other fine and can access
>shared printes, files, etc. but the 98SE does not.
>However, the 98SE computer can ping the others, and they
>can ping it, and if you do "net view" with the IP address
>from the 98SE computer, it can see the resources on the
>other machines, and vice versa (do "net view" with the IP
>address on the XP machines and they can see the resources
>on the 98 machine). Seems like there is an obvious
>problem with translating computer names to IP addresses
>but I haven't been able to put my finger on a solution.
>Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

Make sure that NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (NetBT) is enabled on all
computers, as shown here:

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...hoot/netbt.htm
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