WinXP cannot view Win98 printer on network

Although not highly technical, I was able to set up a wireless network in my
home using a Netgear router / 802.11 g card in a Win XP laptop. My "main"
computer - the one connected to the router - is running Win 98. This was
successful, and now I can wirelessly surf via the laptop.

However, I would like to use the attached printer to my host machine, and
this is where I'm running into problems. I enabled print sharing on Win 98
and I assigned both the XP machine and the 98 machine to the same workgroup.
As it stands now, WinXP can "see" the host in "my network places" but cannot
connect. The XP message is "the server cannot be found on the network"

Any suggestions?

psufan

you have to actually select the printer and share it (not just enable print
sharing) same as you would a harddrive


"psufan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:2874BB48-935C-415A-9BC1-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Although not highly technical, I was able to set up a wireless network in
> my
> home using a Netgear router / 802.11 g card in a Win XP laptop. My
> "main"
> computer - the one connected to the router - is running Win 98. This was
> successful, and now I can wirelessly surf via the laptop.
>
> However, I would like to use the attached printer to my host machine, and
> this is where I'm running into problems. I enabled print sharing on Win
> 98
> and I assigned both the XP machine and the 98 machine to the same
> workgroup.
> As it stands now, WinXP can "see" the host in "my network places" but
> cannot
> connect. The XP message is "the server cannot be found on the network"
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> psufan

Sorry, I probably didn't include enough detail. I already clicked on file,
printer properties, share as "CANON". The remote PC - running XP - cannot
identify the host per the error message below. The problem is not limited to
printing, it also includes files (since the XP box can't "see" the W98 box).

Any other thoughts?


"Haggis" wrote:

> you have to actually select the printer and share it (not just enable print
> sharing) same as you would a harddrive
>
>
> "psufan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:2874BB48-935C-415A-9BC1-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Although not highly technical, I was able to set up a wireless network in
> > my
> > home using a Netgear router / 802.11 g card in a Win XP laptop. My
> > "main"
> > computer - the one connected to the router - is running Win 98. This was
> > successful, and now I can wirelessly surf via the laptop.
> >
> > However, I would like to use the attached printer to my host machine, and
> > this is where I'm running into problems. I enabled print sharing on Win
> > 98
> > and I assigned both the XP machine and the 98 machine to the same
> > workgroup.
> > As it stands now, WinXP can "see" the host in "my network places" but
> > cannot
> > connect. The XP message is "the server cannot be found on the network"
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > psufan
>
>
>

You are welcome to email me if you'd like to work on this one-on-one.

(E-Mail Removed)


"psufan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:C7D65051-74D8-460B-99B7-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Sorry, I probably didn't include enough detail. I already clicked on
> file,
> printer properties, share as "CANON". The remote PC - running XP - cannot
> identify the host per the error message below. The problem is not limited
> to
> printing, it also includes files (since the XP box can't "see" the W98
> box).
>
> Any other thoughts?
>
>
> "Haggis" wrote:
>
>> you have to actually select the printer and share it (not just enable
>> print
>> sharing) same as you would a harddrive
>>
>>
>> "psufan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:2874BB48-935C-415A-9BC1-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Although not highly technical, I was able to set up a wireless network
>> > in
>> > my
>> > home using a Netgear router / 802.11 g card in a Win XP laptop. My
>> > "main"
>> > computer - the one connected to the router - is running Win 98. This
>> > was
>> > successful, and now I can wirelessly surf via the laptop.
>> >
>> > However, I would like to use the attached printer to my host machine,
>> > and
>> > this is where I'm running into problems. I enabled print sharing on
>> > Win
>> > 98
>> > and I assigned both the XP machine and the 98 machine to the same
>> > workgroup.
>> > As it stands now, WinXP can "see" the host in "my network places" but
>> > cannot
>> > connect. The XP message is "the server cannot be found on the network"
>> >
>> > Any suggestions?
>> >
>> > psufan
>>
>>
>>

Disregard this post. Upon further review, I needed to add the XP's IP
Address to my firewall's trusted zone. The firewall was blocking remote
access attempts.

Thanks

psufan

"Carey Holzman" wrote:

> You are welcome to email me if you'd like to work on this one-on-one.
>
> (E-Mail Removed)
>
>
> "psufan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:C7D65051-74D8-460B-99B7-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Sorry, I probably didn't include enough detail. I already clicked on
> > file,
> > printer properties, share as "CANON". The remote PC - running XP - cannot
> > identify the host per the error message below. The problem is not limited
> > to
> > printing, it also includes files (since the XP box can't "see" the W98
> > box).
> >
> > Any other thoughts?
> >
> >
> > "Haggis" wrote:
> >
> >> you have to actually select the printer and share it (not just enable
> >> print
> >> sharing) same as you would a harddrive
> >>
> >>
> >> "psufan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:2874BB48-935C-415A-9BC1-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> > Although not highly technical, I was able to set up a wireless network
> >> > in
> >> > my
> >> > home using a Netgear router / 802.11 g card in a Win XP laptop. My
> >> > "main"
> >> > computer - the one connected to the router - is running Win 98. This
> >> > was
> >> > successful, and now I can wirelessly surf via the laptop.
> >> >
> >> > However, I would like to use the attached printer to my host machine,
> >> > and
> >> > this is where I'm running into problems. I enabled print sharing on
> >> > Win
> >> > 98
> >> > and I assigned both the XP machine and the 98 machine to the same
> >> > workgroup.
> >> > As it stands now, WinXP can "see" the host in "my network places" but
> >> > cannot
> >> > connect. The XP message is "the server cannot be found on the network"
> >> >
> >> > Any suggestions?
> >> >
> >> > psufan
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

thanks for posting back :>

"psufan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:E3BA759C-A95B-417C-9FA8-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Disregard this post. Upon further review, I needed to add the XP's IP
> Address to my firewall's trusted zone. The firewall was blocking remote
> access attempts.
>
> Thanks
>
> psufan
>
> "Carey Holzman" wrote:
>
>> You are welcome to email me if you'd like to work on this one-on-one.
>>
>> (E-Mail Removed)
>>
>>
>> "psufan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:C7D65051-74D8-460B-99B7-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Sorry, I probably didn't include enough detail. I already clicked on
>> > file,
>> > printer properties, share as "CANON". The remote PC - running XP -
>> > cannot
>> > identify the host per the error message below. The problem is not
>> > limited
>> > to
>> > printing, it also includes files (since the XP box can't "see" the W98
>> > box).
>> >
>> > Any other thoughts?
>> >
>> >
>> > "Haggis" wrote:
>> >
>> >> you have to actually select the printer and share it (not just enable
>> >> print
>> >> sharing) same as you would a harddrive
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "psufan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> >> news:2874BB48-935C-415A-9BC1-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> > Although not highly technical, I was able to set up a wireless
>> >> > network
>> >> > in
>> >> > my
>> >> > home using a Netgear router / 802.11 g card in a Win XP laptop. My
>> >> > "main"
>> >> > computer - the one connected to the router - is running Win 98.
>> >> > This
>> >> > was
>> >> > successful, and now I can wirelessly surf via the laptop.
>> >> >
>> >> > However, I would like to use the attached printer to my host
>> >> > machine,
>> >> > and
>> >> > this is where I'm running into problems. I enabled print sharing on
>> >> > Win
>> >> > 98
>> >> > and I assigned both the XP machine and the 98 machine to the same
>> >> > workgroup.
>> >> > As it stands now, WinXP can "see" the host in "my network places"
>> >> > but
>> >> > cannot
>> >> > connect. The XP message is "the server cannot be found on the
>> >> > network"
>> >> >
>> >> > Any suggestions?
>> >> >
>> >> > psufan
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>