New XP cannot see older 98se ?

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Jyrki Kosonen

In a small office there was

1 ADSL router
1 98 wkst for writing
1 98SE wkst for file sharing & backup
1 XP for heavy calculating & databasing
1 network printer

All above mentioned coul wotk together within LAN.

- then I brought 1 XP more for heavy calculating,
but the new machine cannot access the shared resources, that is, shared
folders
on 98SE machine although it can see the older XP and can use the newtwork
printer.Actually,
when trying "Find computer" from XP machine, it really finds nothing
belonging to 98 or the 98 himself,
but oh, I naturally can ping easily the address of 98machine. Here is smthg
too simple for me?

- Well, easy say: XP and printer are visible because theyre using
IP-protocol, but it seems
that to access those 98SE folders the new XP machine has to have NetBEUI
also ???

- So, I installed it from the CD, which came with XP machine (HP Evo 330).
It looked good, but while trying to catch to the folders, nothing happened.
From the Event Viewer I could see that XP's NetBEUI protocol somehow
collapsed or
missed a file or smthg.

- Might been smthg false in original HP NIC, so switched D-Link DFE530 ther,
but
this did not help.

Someone somewhere knows, if there is a workaround or smthing. I also made
modifications in
hosts-file and of course shutted down the XP's firewall ????

(e-mail address removed)
 
Did you follow the instructions in the Netbeui folder and copy the two files
to the appropriate folders? If not, it won't work.
 
"Jyrki Kosonen" said:
In a small office there was

1 ADSL router
1 98 wkst for writing
1 98SE wkst for file sharing & backup
1 XP for heavy calculating & databasing
1 network printer

All above mentioned coul wotk together within LAN.

- then I brought 1 XP more for heavy calculating,
but the new machine cannot access the shared resources, that is, shared
folders
on 98SE machine although it can see the older XP and can use the newtwork
printer.Actually,
when trying "Find computer" from XP machine, it really finds nothing
belonging to 98 or the 98 himself,
but oh, I naturally can ping easily the address of 98machine. Here is smthg
too simple for me?

- Well, easy say: XP and printer are visible because theyre using
IP-protocol, but it seems
that to access those 98SE folders the new XP machine has to have NetBEUI
also ???

- So, I installed it from the CD, which came with XP machine (HP Evo 330).
It looked good, but while trying to catch to the folders, nothing happened.
From the Event Viewer I could see that XP's NetBEUI protocol somehow
collapsed or
missed a file or smthg.

- Might been smthg false in original HP NIC, so switched D-Link DFE530 ther,
but
this did not help.

Someone somewhere knows, if there is a workaround or smthing. I also made
modifications in
hosts-file and of course shutted down the XP's firewall ????

(e-mail address removed)
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The key to Windows networking is to use the same, single protocol for
file and printer sharing on all computers. Using more than one
protocol, on even one computer, can disrupt network browsing,
particularly when Windows XP is involved.

Choose either TCP/IP or NetBEUI for use on all computers. If you
choose TCP/IP, remove NetBEUI from all computers. If you choose
NetBEUI, un-bind file and printer sharing from TCP/IP on all
computers. I've written a web page with details:

Windows XP Network Protocols
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/network_protocols.htm

If you install NetBEUI on XP (where it's an un-supported protocol),
follow these steps exactly:

HOW TO: Install NetBEUI on Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;301041

If you don't follow them exactly, the protocol will appear to be
installed, but it won't work.

See if there are any relevant error messages in Event Viewer on XP.
To run it, click Start | Control Panel | Performance and Maintenance |
Administrative Tools | Event Viewer. For more information, see:

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308427
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