On 25 Jun 2005 at 23:01, Paul Jones wrote:

> The XP machine (Compaq) is 192.168.0.1.  It is connected via a patch cable
> to the wall jack.  Cat5e cable to another wall jack in my son's room
> (straight, no cross-over).  Cross-over cable from the jack in my son's room
> to his 98SE machine (Asus T2-R).  The IP for him is 192.168.0.151.
>
> I used the network setup wizard in XP, and saved the corresponding setup
> file to a USB memory stick to run on my son's machine.  All appeared to go
> well, but it doesn't quite work.
>
> I can ping 192.168.0.151 from the Compaq, but can't ping 192.168.0.1 from
> the Asus.  On the Compaq, I can see the workgroup [Mshome] under My Network
> Places\Entire Network\Microsoft Windows Network.  I did see the 98 machine
> icon at one time, but could not see or read the shared documents folder.
> On the 98 machine, I could only see the workgroup once or twice in several
> tries.

  Many XP machines won't respond to ping if the XP firewall is enabled.  In
90% or more of cases I've seen or heard of, "A can ping B, but B can't ping
A" has turned out to be due to a firewall filtering out ping requests or
ping responses.

> I have "removed" the NIC and re-installed.  Installed the latest drivers
> for the integrated NIC (3Com 3C920B).  I read somewhere that NetBEUI had to
> be installed for 98SE to work with XP home--tried that with no success.

  To use NetBEUI, it would have to be installed and enabled on both
machines.  I generally recommend against it, even for tiny networks like
this.  It *can* allow some network functions to "work" even though there are
still problems on the TCP/IP side, but it will tend to make troubleshooting
the remaining problems more difficult.

> Tried setting up an account on the XP home system with the same username
> and password (read that somewhere, too)--no luch there either.

  Hidden away under the folder options in XP's version of Windows Explorer
is a checkbos for "Simple File Sharing", which I believe is enabled by
default.  I'm not sure how that's supposed to work, but I suspect it only
functions properly in workgroups that are 100% XP/2003.  Locate this
checkbox on the XP machine and make sure it is not checked.

> So, any more ideas?  Anyone else have these issues?  I'm not quite ready to
> spend $100 on XP...
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Paul Jones
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