Windows XP and Windows 98

I have a machine (station-1) running XP and another
machine (station-2) running 98. I connected these two
machines with a Ethernet straight through cable. With
this setup, I'm not able to see each other machines even
though they have the same Workgroup name.

I'm a missing anything here?

Please HELP!
Thanks in advance.
Sridhar

In article <132801c3895e$56f6c590$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Sridhar"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I have a machine (station-1) running XP and another
>machine (station-2) running 98. I connected these two
>machines with a Ethernet straight through cable. With
>this setup, I'm not able to see each other machines even
>though they have the same Workgroup name.
>
>I'm a missing anything here?
>
>Please HELP!
>Thanks in advance.
>Sridhar

If you connect the computers directly to each other, you need a
crossover Ethernet cable. A straight through cable won't work.
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If you are not useing a hub, switch or any other
conectivity device between the two systems other than the
network cards you will need a cross over cable where one
end is wired 568a and the other is wired 568b or buy an
inexpensive hub or switch
>-----Original Message-----
>I have a machine (station-1) running XP and another
>machine (station-2) running 98. I connected these two
>machines with a Ethernet straight through cable. With
>this setup, I'm not able to see each other machines even
>though they have the same Workgroup name.
>
>I'm a missing anything here?
>
>Please HELP!
>Thanks in advance.
>Sridhar
>.
>