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re: Connecting two computers with a crossover cable
Saturday, March 12, 2005 at 4:08 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Brian
(1 messages posted)
You need to have BOTH TCP/IP and NETBEUI installed on both the host and client computers
for this to work with a crossover cable. Don't know why you do, but I just spent
most of the day solving this problem and that did it.
On Friday, December 31, 2004 at 11:04 am, Marty wrote:
>I am having problems connecting my two Win 98SE computers with a ethernet cable
(no
>hub). I have just recently retreived my Network Neighborhood icon. I have never
>connected a network before. Both computers have the same workgroup name and different
>computer names. The ethernet cards are recognized in device manager with no problems.
> The cable is connected. I only get the computer I am on, in the network neighborhood.
> I have tried to install TweakUI but no icon appears in my control panel. My Network
>Neighborhood icon is the flying windows if that means anything. Someone said to
>use the "Network Setup Wizard" which I could not find on my computer anywhere.
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