Win 98 to XP name resolution problem

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Lakshman

I have 2 Win 98 computers and a WinXP professional
computer. When I go to Network Neighborhood on the Win 98
machines I can see both of them but not the Win Xp pro
machine. When I go to My Network Places on the Win XP
machine I can see only the XP machine and not the other 2
98 machines. I have run the "Netwotk Setup Wizard" disk on
the 98 machines.They are on the same workkgroup, I have
NetBIOS over TCP/IP enabled on the laptop. I can ping the
Win Xp machine using I.P from both machines and get a
reply but when I try the same using computer name I
get "Unknown Host". However I can ping the 98 machines
using computer name from the Win XP machine.Any help or
pointers in the right direction would be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks,
Lakshman
 
what do you get if using net view \\win98bname command on xp and net view
\\xpname on win98?

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Lakshman said:
I have 2 Win 98 computers and a WinXP professional
computer. When I go to Network Neighborhood on the Win 98
machines I can see both of them but not the Win Xp pro
machine. When I go to My Network Places on the Win XP
machine I can see only the XP machine and not the other 2
98 machines. I have run the "Netwotk Setup Wizard" disk on
the 98 machines.They are on the same workkgroup, I have
NetBIOS over TCP/IP enabled on the laptop. I can ping the
Win Xp machine using I.P from both machines and get a
reply but when I try the same using computer name I
get "Unknown Host". However I can ping the 98 machines
using computer name from the Win XP machine.
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Lakshman,

please have a look at http://www.michna.com/kb/WxNetwork.htm.

Hans-Georg
 
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