1) Use your WIN2K machine has the server.
2) At startup, start the WIN2K machine only.
3) Log onto your DSL connection
4) Then start your WIN98SE machine
5) On your WIN98SE machine, check in INTERNET EXPLORER, TOOLS, INTERNET OPTIONS, 
CONNECTIONS, LAN SETTINGS - Select "automatically detect connections". Disable (uncheck) 
all other options on the page.
6) The following settings need to be checked if you were using the machine on another 
network
CONTROL PANEL / NETWORK / IDENTIFICATION
WORKGROUP/
NETWORK/CLIENT FOR MICROSOFT NETWORKS PROPERTIES
WINDOWS NT DOMAIN:
7) Name your client machines and give your workgroup a name using the same CONTROL 
PANEL / NETWORK / IDENTIFICATION/ WORKGROUP/
8) After this, select what you wish to share on the network. Simply right click on 
that folder in EXPLORER and select the SHARING option.
9) Often in Windows Explorer, or in Network Neighbourhood, you may not be able to 
see the other computers. I do not know why, but that does not mean that the network 
is not active. However, you could go to START/RUN/ and then type in \\Name_of_computer. 
That is 2 reverse slashes, followed by the name of the computer. Click on OK. This 
should bring up an EXPLORER pane showing the shared folders on the computer you have 
just selected.

I hope that this gets you on your way





On Thursday, June 13, 2002 at 8:05 am, EM wrote:
>I have a question about Connect 
>to a Windows XP or 2000 system with a Windows 95, 98, or Me system over a Network:

>
>I am trying to set up a network and share a DSL connection using a hub with:
>1. Win98SE machine (with the Internet connection and two network cards)
>2. Windows2000 machine
>
>I have followed the instructions on this site (and tried others as well) but can't 
>seem to share the Internet connection or see the other computer in either network 
>neighborhood. I can ping between each computer and get a response both ways. But, 
>when I try to see other computers on the 2000 machine, it gives me an error: 'network 
>is not accesible. The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently available.' 
>I don't know what this means or how to fix it and I am not familiar with Windows2000. 
>Any ideas?
>
>I am:
>- using TCP/IP protocol
>- the workgroup is the same and computer IDs are different
>- have made a new user on the Windows2000 machine that matches the Win98 Microsoft 
>Networking login (the password is blank though - is that a problem?) Should I try 
>to make a user on the Win98 machine that matches the Administrator login for 2000?
>- Internet connection works fine on the Win98 machine.
>
>I have followed the instructions. Am I missing something? Thanks for any advice! 
>-EM
>
>

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