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| Thread ID: 35928 | 2003-07-26 00:30:00 | Confused you will be - Network WinXP & Win98 | xineohp (3165) | Press F1 |
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| 162926 | 2003-07-26 00:30:00 | Ok this is a bit strange but here goes: I need to network two computers one running Win98 and the other running WinXP got the cross-over cable and connected the two machines ran the wizard on the XP and did all the network connections on 98 and set folders etc to shate and got nothing computers will not see each other. So (and this is where is get's strange) I got a friend to bring his machine round (running Win98) connected his to the cross-over cable with my 98 on the other end they saw each other and we could access files no problems. So we attached the WinXP to the cross-over cable still with his 98 machine attached and................. THEY SAW EACH OTHER and we could share folders, files etc. Now the question why will the WinXP not see my Win98 machine yet will see my mate's 98 and we have checked all the settings in the network setup on both 98 machines and they are the same. Can someone please help |
xineohp (3165) | ||
| 162927 | 2003-07-26 00:46:00 | Can your 98 PC ping the XP computer??? & Can the XP computer ping the win 98 one??? |
stu140103 (137) | ||
| 162928 | 2003-07-26 00:51:00 | Also have you tried a different network card in your win 98 pc??? | stu140103 (137) | ||
| 162929 | 2003-07-26 01:09:00 | With the ping I went into DOS prompt on Win98 and typed in Ping (space) and the IP address of the WinXP machine (hope that was right) nothing came up, but the interesting thing is when i typed WINIPCFG on the 98 machine to find it's IP it came up with a error saying it could not be found. Any ideas, I might just try a different card, but it's strange I had no problems seeing the other 98 Machine. | xineohp (3165) | ||
| 162930 | 2003-07-26 01:17:00 | > With the ping I went into DOS prompt on Win98 and > typed in Ping (space) and the IP address of the WinXP > machine (hope that was right) nothing came up, but > the interesting thing is when i typed WINIPCFG on the > 98 machine to find it's IP it came up with a error > saying it could not be found. Any ideas, I might just > try a different card, but it's strange I had no > problems seeing the other 98 Machine. It is starting to sound like you have a bad network card. Try changing it & see what happens :) Let us know how you get on |
stu140103 (137) | ||
| 162931 | 2003-07-26 02:18:00 | Hi it's me again, tried another network card and pinged the two machines this time both machines displayed "Request timed out" what I might try is to rip the network card out of my mates machine and if that works buy the same network card. Unless the timed out prompt has something to do with the IP address. Do the machines need to be set to certain IP addresses or not. | xineohp (3165) | ||
| 162932 | 2003-07-26 03:04:00 | Try removing TCP/IP on the PC that you're unsure about.. If that doesnt work, there's the PressF1 FAQ on Networking, or otherwise on the main pressF1 page, Poppa John made a thread about a network printer, have a look at that :-) |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 162933 | 2003-07-26 03:18:00 | > Hi it's me again, tried another network card and > pinged the two machines this time both machines > displayed "Request timed out" what I might try is to > rip the network card out of my mates machine and if > that works buy the same network card. Unless the > timed out prompt has something to do with the IP > address. Do the machines need to be set to certain IP > addresses or not. Depends if you are using DCHP (spelling) or fixed IP address & Which PC is the gateway computer??? The XP or 98??? Also like Chill said there is a FAQ on networking as well, have a look at see if it help If not post back here :) |
stu140103 (137) | ||
| 162934 | 2003-07-26 04:18:00 | Must have been a fault on the cards as I ripped out my mates NIC and banged it in the 98 Machine and both 98 and XP saw each other no problems. I am going to buy the same card and that should resolve the problem. Cheers to everyone for their time & skills on this problem. |
xineohp (3165) | ||
| 162935 | 2003-07-26 11:28:00 | For future reference for anybody that reads this thread, a simple test of your PC NIC is to do a loopback test. Ping 127.0.0.1, if you get no response your NIC is not working. | sinndisco (4059) | ||
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