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Win98 system can't see NW
I have recently set up a small NW with all new WinXP Pro
systems plus one legacy Win98 system. It is a simple peer to peer logging in through a common workgroup. For some reason the Win98 system cannot see the network. Furthermore, it cannot ping any of the other systems including the common DSL router which supplies DHCP. But the Win98 system CAN get on the Internet THROUGH the DSL router that it cannot ping. I don't understand that. Has anyone had this kind of problem? Is it possibly a malufunctioning NIC. All my TCP/IP settings are set to default (automatic IP/DNS addresses, etc), and as I said, I can access the Internet via the DSL router just fine. What other configuration problems could there be? Thanks |
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Win98 system can't see NW
See if the Win98 machine has NetBEUI bound to it's network adapter. The XP
machines to not come with NetBEUI installed. It is available on the XP CD. NetBEUI is a non-routable protocol suitable for small networks. Support for this protocol in Microsoft Windows has been discontinued. If you are instructed by any product support personnel to install this protocol as a temporary measure, follow the instructions below: Open the following folder in the Windows XP CD: ValueAdd\Msft\Net\Netbeui. Copy nbf.sys into the %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\directory. Copy netnbf.inf into the %SYSTEMROOT%\INF\ directory. Open network connection properties and click the "Install..." button to add the NetBEUI protocol. BDL "CA" wrote in message ... I have recently set up a small NW with all new WinXP Pro systems plus one legacy Win98 system. It is a simple peer to peer logging in through a common workgroup. For some reason the Win98 system cannot see the network. Furthermore, it cannot ping any of the other systems including the common DSL router which supplies DHCP. But the Win98 system CAN get on the Internet THROUGH the DSL router that it cannot ping. I don't understand that. Has anyone had this kind of problem? Is it possibly a malufunctioning NIC. All my TCP/IP settings are set to default (automatic IP/DNS addresses, etc), and as I said, I can access the Internet via the DSL router just fine. What other configuration problems could there be? Thanks |
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Win98 system can't see NW
Joh Q. Public wrote:
See if the Win98 machine has NetBEUI bound to it's network adapter. The XP machines to not come with NetBEUI installed. It is available on the XP CD. It doesn't come installed because it isn't needed. NetBEUI is a non-routable protocol suitable for small networks. Support for this protocol in Microsoft Windows has been discontinued. If you are instructed by any product support personnel to install this protocol as a temporary measure, follow the instructions below: Open the following folder in the Windows XP CD: ValueAdd\Msft\Net\Netbeui. Copy nbf.sys into the %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\directory. Copy netnbf.inf into the %SYSTEMROOT%\INF\ directory. Open network connection properties and click the "Install..." button to add the NetBEUI protocol. BDL "CA" wrote in message ... I have recently set up a small NW with all new WinXP Pro systems plus one legacy Win98 system. It is a simple peer to peer logging in through a common workgroup. For some reason the Win98 system cannot see the network. "Cannot see the network" is hopelessly ambiguous. What precisely have you tried, and what was the response? Furthermore, it cannot ping any of the other systems including the common DSL router which supplies DHCP. But the Win98 system CAN get on the Internet THROUGH the DSL router that it cannot ping. I don't understand that. Maybe they don't respond to pings for security reasons. Has anyone had this kind of problem? Is it possibly a malufunctioning NIC. All my TCP/IP settings are set to default (automatic IP/DNS addresses, etc), and as I said, I can access the Internet via the DSL router just fine. I had trouble "seeing" a share on a W2K box today from a W98SE box. It turns out the permissions on the W2K box were set to allow "Everybody" access (the default). Apparently because I wasn't logged in as user "Everybody," accessing the share failed. Adding my W98SE user name to the permission list solved the difficulty. Your XP problem might be similar. What other configuration problems could there be? Thanks -- The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to minimize spam. Our true address is of the form . |
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