98-XP Home networking

Win98, XP Home , Linksys wireless G router. The router is
connected to the 98 box w the receiver in the XP Home
box, internet sharing works, the XP machine can see the
Workgroup machines and ping the XP box but the 98 box
cannot see the Workgroup or ping the XP box.

The 802.11 Authentication is turned off, all three mac
addresses are in the MAC filter table, WEP is on,
broadcast is off.
Both machines have same user and passwords. Giving
permission to user to shares was a bear because home does
not support simple file share nor could you turn it off
to find users under "manage". I used runshrpubw to set
permissions. It does not work. Ineed ultimately to have
the local printer on the XP Home box shared w the 98 PC.

There is no documentation any where to step you through
this, any help would be greatly appreciated.

In article ,
" wrote:
Win98, XP Home , Linksys wireless G router. The router is
connected to the 98 box w the receiver in the XP Home
box, internet sharing works, the XP machine can see the
Workgroup machines and ping the XP box but the 98 box
cannot see the Workgroup or ping the XP box.

The 802.11 Authentication is turned off, all three mac
addresses are in the MAC filter table, WEP is on,
broadcast is off.
Both machines have same user and passwords. Giving
permission to user to shares was a bear because home does
not support simple file share nor could you turn it off
to find users under "manage". I used runshrpubw to set
permissions. It does not work. Ineed ultimately to have
the local printer on the XP Home box shared w the 98 PC.

There is no documentation any where to step you through
this, any help would be greatly appreciated.

These tips should help you get everything working:

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
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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

"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:

In article ,
" wrote:
Win98, XP Home , Linksys wireless G router. The router is
connected to the 98 box w the receiver in the XP Home
box, internet sharing works, the XP machine can see the
Workgroup machines and ping the XP box but the 98 box
cannot see the Workgroup or ping the XP box.

The 802.11 Authentication is turned off, all three mac
addresses are in the MAC filter table, WEP is on,
broadcast is off.
Both machines have same user and passwords. Giving
permission to user to shares was a bear because home does
not support simple file share nor could you turn it off
to find users under "manage". I used runshrpubw to set
permissions. It does not work. Ineed ultimately to have
the local printer on the XP Home box shared w the 98 PC.

There is no documentation any where to step you through
this, any help would be greatly appreciated.

These tips should help you get everything working:

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

Wow Very complete answer.
Now if I can only follow all the steps.
I think my problems are caused by ZoneAlarm.

Thanks.

LB