Ping over cross-connect from XP to 98

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I am trying to connect XP and 98 as many of you did
I thought I did everything right : disable internal firewall,
use same user/password, same workgroup, file/print sharing
used a cable that definitely works..
But I can't even get the ping to work, I'am pinging to the ip-addresse
that I got from the IPCONFIG command on either machine
Who can help me, I'm going crazy slowly..

Thx
Joh
 
I am trying to connect XP and 98 as many of you did.
I thought I did everything right : disable internal firewall,
use same user/password, same workgroup, file/print sharing,
used a cable that definitely works...
But I can't even get the ping to work, I'am pinging to the ip-addresses
that I got from the IPCONFIG command on either machine.
Who can help me, I'm going crazy slowly...

Thx,
John
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User names, passwords, workgroups, and file/print sharing are all
irrelevant to pinging. All that's required for pinging is a network
connection, no firewalls blocking access, and IP addresses in the same
subnet.

What are the IP addresses and subnet masks of each computer's network
connection? How are they assigned?

What is the error message when you ping?
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