> My customer has a  Win98SE machine (Intel Celeron 400) using a internal
> modem to connect to the internet.  She wants to share files (only) with a
> WinXP-pro machine (PIII 1GH).  We purchased a NIC for the XP machine and
> connected it to the Win98SE (internal NIC) with no problems so far.  We
ran
> the wizards, installed NETBUI on the XP machine, bought a book, and
> consulted the web...  We now have this situation:  The XP machine does not
> list itself on a network (not even the name of the workgroup), the Win98SE
> does in network neighborhood.  I can ping each machine with no loss but
each
> machine cannot see each other in My Network Places, etc.  Each is set up
> with the same workgroup and different name.  I tested the cable connecting
> to a XP laptop, no problems. I tried the ICS wizards from the XP CD on
each
> machine also with no results.  I´m definitly not a network guru, just
> break/fix and troubleshoot, but this is the first setup I have not been
able
> to complete.  The host is set to 168.192.0.1 and internet dialup
networking
> has always worked. I disabled ZoneAlarm.   Is there something simple I am
> missing?  Thank you for your help.
> Howard Rubin


Have you turned off the XP internal firewall? I had to disable that on a 2
machine network I set up for the systems to see each other. Have you set
disk/folder security parameters for "share"? Just being in a group doesn't
convey permissions.

Jayne Johnston

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