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re: Connect a Windows XP or 2000 system to a Windows 95, 98, or Me system over a Network'
Wednesday, October 5, 2005 at 5:25 pm
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Hans Quennet
(1 messages posted)
FWIW - It was a connector-type issue here. BNC versus UTP in my old LAN card setup.
For years (since W95) I have networked several machines at home, due to the relatively
small Hard Drives in those days.
I could not get XP Home to recognize nor configure my old LAN card (Winbond with
both RJ45 and Thin Ethernet connectors) to recognize my home network. I use the
coax cable for my home LAN.
Now I am using XP Pro. On the same machine, Win98SE as well as Mandrake 9.2 do very
well with both network cards, the old Longshine Winbond LAN card as well as my new
10/100 for broadband access.
XP wouldn't. MS tech support had no helpful clues. The verdict was that my old
LAN card was "too old".
Ah huh!
"Network cable unplugged!" Was the message that drove me up the proverbial wall!
Answer? Changing the connection method via the configuration utility - BNC instead
of the default UTP. Talk about "twisted" pairs!
The bottom line - yes, Windows XP can and will connect to a home network, regardless
of the box on the other end. Protocols aren't the same; I deselected my original
NetBUI as default protocol on my old P133 (slower than a snail) box but I am now
able to link the two, move files across my LAN (which is why I did all this in the
first place when hard drives were still small?)
It's a matter of ego. I'm in charge of this heinous machine and it'll damned well
obey me.
Questions? Comments? I'll be happy to help (if I can). Just send an email.
Ciao!
On Tuesday, January 22, 2002 at 5:37 pm, Greg wrote:
>1. Make sure each computer has at least one shared folder. 2. Make sure all the
>machines have the same protocols enabled in Network Properties. Presumably you
are
>using TCP/IP. Also you might try adding NWLink Net Bios, or another protocol which
>allows communication with the older machines. 3. Be sure the network addresses
>of all the machines are similar (NOT the same), and the subnet mask should be the
>same on all. 4. Give each machine the same Workgroup name in Network Properties/
>Identification. ...... I hope that helps. Networking is a whole industry in itself
>and you could research this ad infinitum.
>
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