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I have set up a home network using a wireless netgear router. I have 2 XP systems and one 98 system on the network. The 98 machine has the printer attached. I can view both XP machines from all 3 locations. However, I cannot view the 98 machine. I can ping the 98 machine by both computer name and IP address. I am using TCP/IP and have file and print sharing enabled at everyplace I can find it. I have read many of the other issues in this newsgroup and still cannot get this to work. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks
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Win 98 to Win XP
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"johnnytrip" wrote: I have set up a home network using a wireless netgear router. I have 2 XP systems and one 98 system on the network. The 98 machine has the printer attached. I can view both XP machines from all 3 locations. However, I cannot view the 98 machine. I can ping the 98 machine by both computer name and IP address. I am using TCP/IP and have file and print sharing enabled at everyplace I can find it. I have read many of the other issues in this newsgroup and still cannot get this to work. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks 1. Permanently disable XP's built-in Internet Connection Firewall on local area network connections -- it's for use only on a direct modem connection to the Internet. Disable and un-install all other firewall programs while troubleshooting. When un-installing a firewall program, use the un-install procedure provided by the manufacturer . Don't use Control Panel | Add or Remove Programs, which might not completely un-install it. For more information, see: Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...c_firewall.htm 2. Use only one protocol for File and Printer Sharing. If the network needs more than one protocol, unbind File and Printer Sharing from all but one of them. Details he Windows XP Network Protocols http://www.practicallynetworked.com/..._protocols.htm 3. Make sure that NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on all computers. Details he Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (NetBT) http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...hoot/netbt.htm 4. Run "ipconfig /all" on XP and look at the "Node Type" at the beginning of the output. If it says "Peer-to-Peer" (which should actually be "Point-to-Point") that's the problem. It means that the computer only uses a WINS server, which isn't available on a peer-to-peer network for NetBIOS name resolution. If that's the case, run the registry editor, open this key: HLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parame ters and delete these values if they're present: NodeType DhcpNodeType Reboot, then try network access again. If that doesn't fix it, open that registry key again, create a DWORD value called "NodeType", and set it to 1 for "Broadcast" or 4 for "Mixed". For details, see these Microsoft Knowledge Base articles: Default Node Type for Microsoft Clients http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;160177 TCP/IP and NBT Configuration Parameters for Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314053 -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm |
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I had already tried all of that. I went back and removed file and print sharing, rebooted, readded it, rebooted, and it worked. Thanks though.
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