XP network drives unstable for 98 machines

Help! Am I doing something wrong?

What do I need to do to get network shares to work with
my new XP machine the way they did between my 2 win 98
machines before adding the XP machine. I bought the
latter specifically to be an internet gateway and file
server. Right now it's not a particularly reliable file
server.

Specifically, connections to my XP (Pro) machine from my
2 Win98 machines stop working mid way through copies and
sometimes when I open a second file from the same remote
XP share. (the first "open" works.)

Also, my network drive maps set to "reconnect" at boot up
don't work. Apparently because the network client isn't
loaded before the mapping is re-attempted.

Is there something I'm doing wrong?

any good utility to test/tweak my NIC?

rest of the network h/w (including cable) is tried tested
and true (all work w/ win 98 machines)

>-----Original Message-----
>I'd suspect a hardware problem in the WinXP portion of
the network,
>especially if the two Win98 machines work between each
other without
>problems.
>
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>Richard G. Harper (MVP Win9x) (E-Mail Removed)
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>"JohnnyT" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:050501c366a6$cc61ed80$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Help! Am I doing something wrong?
>>
>> What do I need to do to get network shares to work with
>> my new XP machine the way they did between my 2 win 98
>> machines before adding the XP machine. I bought the
>> latter specifically to be an internet gateway and file
>> server. Right now it's not a particularly reliable file
>> server.
>>
>> Specifically, connections to my XP (Pro) machine from
my
>> 2 Win98 machines stop working mid way through copies
and
>> sometimes when I open a second file from the same
remote
>> XP share. (the first "open" works.)
>>
>> Also, my network drive maps set to "reconnect" at boot
up
>> don't work. Apparently because the network client isn't
>> loaded before the mapping is re-attempted.
>>
>> Is there something I'm doing wrong?
>>
>>
>
>
>.
>

If there is, your NIC manufacturer will have it on the driver disk or Web
site.

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Richard G. Harper (MVP Win9x) (E-Mail Removed)
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"JohnnyT" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:02ba01c36747$e46159b0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> any good utility to test/tweak my NIC?
>
> rest of the network h/w (including cable) is tried tested
> and true (all work w/ win 98 machines)
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I'd suspect a hardware problem in the WinXP portion of
> the network,
> >especially if the two Win98 machines work between each
> other without
> >problems.
> >
> >--
> >Richard G. Harper (MVP Win9x) (E-Mail Removed)
> >* PLEASE post all messages and replies to the newsgroup
> so all may
> >* benefit from the discussion. Private mail is usually
> not replied to.
> >Help US help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> >
> >
> >"JohnnyT" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >news:050501c366a6$cc61ed80$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> Help! Am I doing something wrong?
> >>
> >> What do I need to do to get network shares to work with
> >> my new XP machine the way they did between my 2 win 98
> >> machines before adding the XP machine. I bought the
> >> latter specifically to be an internet gateway and file
> >> server. Right now it's not a particularly reliable file
> >> server.
> >>
> >> Specifically, connections to my XP (Pro) machine from
> my
> >> 2 Win98 machines stop working mid way through copies
> and
> >> sometimes when I open a second file from the same
> remote
> >> XP share. (the first "open" works.)
> >>
> >> Also, my network drive maps set to "reconnect" at boot
> up
> >> don't work. Apparently because the network client isn't
> >> loaded before the mapping is re-attempted.
> >>
> >> Is there something I'm doing wrong?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >.
> >