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Gerardo Medrano <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 29 Apr 1999 10:54:58 -0400
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Thank you Kevin.

I believe that the problem is with the Win 3.1 machine since both Win 98 can
"see" each other in the Net Neighborhood but can not see the Win 3.1. Other than
that I can access and share the files among the three.

Kevin Nowicki wrote:

> In a message dated 4/27/99 7:28:55 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> << I have 2 Win98 peer to peer networked to a Win 3.1 machine.  I can
>  access both Win 98 with the Win 3.1. However, I can not see it in either
>  Win 98 Network Neighborhood. They are connected thru a hub.
>   >>
>
> Gerardo,
>
> I had a similar situation.  I have a Win95a, Win95sr2 and Win98 peer-to-peer
> through a hub.  On each machine, only that machine would show up in Network
> Neighborhood although I could share files and printers.
>
> However, an earlier discussion on this list talked about reserved IP
> addresses.  (I was concerned that assigning an IP address would interfere
> with internet access so I hadn't assigned individual IP addresses).
>
> On each machine I went to Network Neighborhood properties, highlighted the
> TCP/IP protocol for my NIC card and clicked on properties.  This opens
> another properties window with several tabs (ie, bindings, DNS configuration,
> Gateway, IP Address etc).  Click on the IP address tab.
>
> I selected "Specify an IP address".  Then, according to the earlier
> discussion, I assigned one of the reserved addresses in the IP address field,
> for example: 192.168.1.2  and then in the subnet mask field put in
> 255.255.255.0
>
> I incremented the last field in the IP address on each machine.  When I was
> done assigning IP addresses to each machine, they were all visible under
> Network Neighborhood.  And, the IP address assignment hasn't interfered with
> my internet connections.
>
> Now if I can only get rid of the message about "no domain name server
> present" I'll be just fine.
>
> HTH,
> Kevin Nowicki
>
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