We just had to replace a Windows 2000 server that crashed. We built up a new server using different hardware, but kept the same hostname and IP address as the old one. We have several XP Pro workstations and a few Windows 98 machines on this network. The XP machines all talk to this replacement...

I have two freshly installed windows 98se PC's connected to different ports of a linksys wired router and then to a DSL modem. Both PC's are enjoying concurrent access to the internet, both have "client for microsoft networks" installed and both have selected "microsoft family logon" as their...

I wish to network three Windows 98 PCs and I'm considering using the DLink DI-704P router/print server and the DLink DSM-602H (or 604H) NAS. I made a diagram and uploaded it to the following address, does this look like a good solution? http://mywebpages.comcast.net/crashingwaves/misp/nw.htm I...

I have 3 PC's on my local area network. One W98 and two XP's. Everything will work fine for some time period, days or weeks. Then one day the network is not conecting properly. Two PC's can find each other, but the third can only find itself. Or one PC can find all the others but the other two can...

I have an HP Pavilion running win98 and a Dell Dimension running XP home edition. Both are connected via Linksys Ethernet Network. I have no problem viewing or accessing files from the HP to the Dell (which is designate as the master), on the HP I can see the Dell on the network along with the HP....

I have been trying to send a hard disk image file across my wireless network from my Win98SE machine to an XP Home machine for storage, via ethernet cable to a WAP wireless enabled router, then wireless to the XP machine. About 7 or 8 minutes into the transfer I get an error message on the...

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When I boot up my 98 PC which is networked to my XP PC I am asked for the Entire Network Password for MS Networking. This is a nuisance and is not required. How do I get rid of this? Blair

I've never seen a description of the purpose of the three types of networking I see on a 98Se machine. Windows Logon, Microsoft Logon, Client For Microsoft Networks I'm a NT domain admin, but aside from setting up a few 98 machines as home user's Internet PCs for people I have no experience with...

Wireless adaptor is 192.168.0.10 XP (connected to wireless) is 192.168.0.10 Trying to share a lan connection to a Win98 via a crossover cable, which worked OK when I shared a Win 2000 machine. Now getting: "An error occurred while Internet Connection Sharing was being enabled. Internet...

I have installed a DLink G-520 wireless pci card on an HP pavillion running windows 98SE. I have had nothing but problems. The latest is that the card works \ does not work as follows: Upon a total wireless card driver uninstall \ install, I get a message that the card is not working and to...

I have seen a few posts here that somewhat resemble the problem I am trying to resolve, yet none of those solutions work. Several computers are networked together, and are able to access the other computers, and also access them via the \\192.168.1.xxx method from Run in Windows 98. The...

I am a Network admin and we still have some users working with Windows 98SE and connected to the network. When these users shut down their machines they get the message: "There are 20 users connected. Shutting down will disconnect them.....". I would like to disable such pop ups so that users do...

I have a 98SE machine that forgot its client and protocol information last night. O well I thought and added it again but after the obligatory reboot it had forgotton it again. Can some one help as I obviously cant get this on the network with out it. Regards

Trying to get a new Win 98SE setup on a laptop (IBM Thinkpad T41) to see the internet, to no avail. Here's the setup: Laptop is connected via wire to Buffalo Air station (I think it is a wireless router, three computers are connected to it). The Air station talks to another unit via radio waves...

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I have a laptop set up for networking and although I no longer need the network connection, I still have to Log on to the network. Can anyone please tell me how to safely remove the Network facility from my laptop. Win 98, 3com PCMCIA network card Thanks in advance Teriel9

I have Win98 and am trying to set up the hosts file so that a named domain such as www.myhost.com will be mapped to an IP address such as 192.168.1.110 in my LAN. I tried updating the hosts.sam file in c:windows folder, but no luck.

Am I missing something? I have set up a clean install of Windows 98 with a 3C905TX NIC. Everything went fine but when I try to install a default gateway, it shows up in network properties but not in winipcfg or ipconfig. Then at the command prompt a ping of yahoo.com shows the DNS address...

I have a wireless network with the 98se PC connected as a server. I am trying to access from an apple laptop for file and printer sharing. I am unable to access the 98se PC. I have no username or password necessary for logging into the 98se PC.