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182274 2003-10-11 05:51:00 does anyone know how to network a win95 computer with pci network card and a win XP home computer with integrated networking. all i want to do is share CD-Rom drives, the win xp's second partition and a internet connection. they will ping each other but thewon't map a network drive and the network setup wizard refuses to work. Pleaz help! Megaman (344)
182275 2003-10-11 07:48:00 I suggest you search the Push F1 FAQS for "peer to peer networking". JohnD (509)
182276 2003-10-11 08:34:00 Well,

1 . First you have to double click on the dialup icon/properties/advanced
tab, on XP and tick under Internet Connection sharing (the first one) . To share the net connection on XP .

2 . Click on the LAN icon on the taskbar in XP/Properties . Tick the 3
there . Uninstall that QOS thing . You dont need that .

3 . Once you tick the 3 above, double click on TCP/IP on XP .
And select Use the following IP . Put in 192 . 168 . 0 . 1 here .

4 . Under that (subnet mask) type in 255 . 255 . 255 . 0

( I think this will appear anyway, once you do step 1 above) .

5 . Then on XP, make a folder/right mouse button/properties
sharing . Tell XP to share it then tick the name of the folder so
it's shared .

DONT share the whole hard drive! You may regret it later!
If someone hacks you . It's also a good idea to get a decent
firewall installed (XP has one BUT it is limited in what it can do)

Get something better . Don't use the Network Wizard it sux!

Do the same with the CD in XP . Highlight/Right mouse/properties
and share it just like the folder .

6 . On Win 95, its a bit trickier . I think u go to Network in Control
Panel . I think this is where you tick enable file and printer sharing, I maybe wrong . I havent used Win95 for a while . Do the same on
95 (make a folder and share it) . BUT NOT the whole hard drive!

Also make sure BOTH XP and 95 have the same WORKGROUP name .
Or else it'll never work . Also if you dont have a hub for the network
you MUST use a crossover cable, between the 2 computers . Or
else the network wont work either .

The next bit is the hardest in 95, coz I dont know / cant remember
where you go!

It may also be under Network in Control Panel . What youre
looking for ( I think), is something saying DNS . You have to give
the 95 PC an ip of 192 . 168 . 0 . 2 or something like this, then where
it says default gateway, point it to the main PC (192 . 168 . 0 . 1)
and put 192 . 168 . 0 . 1 where it says preferred DNS server . I think
that's it . Then OK . You may have to reboot for it to log into the
network properly . That SHOULD be it! 		Spacemannz (808)
182277 2003-10-11 08:34:00 Well,

1 . First you have to double click on the dialup icon/properties/advanced
tab, on XP and tick under Internet Connection sharing (the first one) . To share the net connection on XP .

2 . Click on the LAN icon on the taskbar in XP/Properties . Tick the 3
there . Uninstall that QOS thing . You dont need that .

3 . Once you tick the 3 above, double click on TCP/IP on XP .
And select Use the following IP . Put in 192 . 168 . 0 . 1 here .

4 . Under that (subnet mask) type in 255 . 255 . 255 . 0

( I think this will appear anyway, once you do step 1 above) .

5 . Then on XP, make a folder/right mouse button/properties
sharing . Tell XP to share it then tick the name of the folder so
it's shared .

DONT share the whole hard drive! You may regret it later!
If someone hacks you . It's also a good idea to get a decent
firewall installed (XP has one BUT it is limited in what it can do)

Get something better . Don't use the Network Wizard it sux!

Do the same with the CD in XP . Highlight/Right mouse/properties
and share it just like the folder .

6 . On Win 95, its a bit trickier . I think u go to Network in Control
Panel . I think this is where you tick enable file and printer sharing, I maybe wrong . I havent used Win95 for a while . Do the same on
95 (make a folder and share it) . BUT NOT the whole hard drive!

Also make sure BOTH XP and 95 have the same WORKGROUP name .
Or else it'll never work . Also if you dont have a hub for the network
you MUST use a crossover cable, between the 2 computers . Or
else the network wont work either .

The next bit is the hardest in 95, coz I dont know / cant remember
where you go!

It may also be under Network in Control Panel . What youre
looking for ( I think), is something saying DNS . You have to give
the 95 PC an ip of 192 . 168 . 0 . 2 or something like this, then where
it says default gateway, point it to the main PC (192 . 168 . 0 . 1)
and put 192 . 168 . 0 . 1 where it says preferred DNS server . I think
that's it . Then OK . You may have to reboot for it to log into the
network properly . That SHOULD be it! 		Spacemannz (808)
182278 2003-10-12 23:05:00 thanx everyone for your help. sadly it is no use as my old win 95 died yesterday. it refuses point black to load the os. all the compontnts will be good for spares in the new xp. Megaman (344)
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