re: Unable to set up home network between WinXP and WIN98SE PCs Sunday, May 12, 2002 at 8:57 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Psyclone (2 messages posted) G'day, I've had n problems getting the internet to share over XP and 98, if the 98 is a clean install and has never had any internet settings in it. What you can do then is click on IE the first time and say you want to connect through a LAN and it will all work fine as far as internet goes. You could also make sure you have the folowing protocols on both computers. TCP/IP (Defualted on windows install) IPX/SPX NetBeui On Sunday, May 12, 2002 at 6:15 pm, Mac McDaniel wrote: >I've been unsuccessful in trying to set up a two PC home network between a new HP >Pavilion 780N (WIN XP, 512MB RAM, 100 GB HD, pre-installed 10/100 NIC, using modem >connection to internet) as the host, and a Dell Dimension 4100 (WIN98SE, 512MB RAM, >75GB HD, LinkSys 10/100 NIC installed by me) as the client. I'm using the RJ45 cables >to a four port hub between the two computers, and I've followed the directions I >found on this site on how to set up the ICS, the different settings via the properties >menus for IP, gateway, DNS, etc. I checked out some of the info in several books >(to include the ones put out by Annoyances), but didn't see any answers to this particular >problem. I've given the computers different names, the workgroup is the same name, >and I can't think of anything else. I would appreciate any feedback or assistance >on this. > >Mac > Written in response to: Unable to set up home network between WinXP and WIN98SE PCs (Mac McDaniel: Sunday, May 12, 2002 at 6:15 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Unable to set up home network between WinXP and WIN98SE PCs (Mac McDaniel: Sun, May 12, 2002, 6:15 pm) re: Unable to set up home network between WinXP and WIN98SE PCs (Klump: Sun, May 12, 2002, 6:37 pm) re: Unable to set up home network between WinXP and WIN98SE PCs (Psyclone: Sun, May 12, 2002, 8:57 pm) re: Unable to set up home network between WinXP and WIN98SE PCs (sasha: Mon, May 13, 2002, 12:18 am) re: Unable to set up home network between WinXP and WIN98SE PCs (jim: Mon, May 13, 2002, 6:14 am) re: Unable to set up home network between WinXP and WIN98SE PCs (Mac McDaniel: Mon, May 13, 2002, 9:29 am) re: Unable to set up home network between WinXP and WIN98SE PCs (DS: Sun, Jun 30, 2002, 12:58 am) re: Unable to set up home network between WinXP and WIN98SE PCs (Mac McDaniel: Sun, Jun 30, 2002, 8:55 am) re: Unable to set up home network between WinXP and WIN98SE PCs (JACK: Thu, Aug 29, 2002, 7:41 pm) re: Unable to set up home network between WinXP and WIN98SE PCs (Chayya: Tue, Mar 11, 2003, 3:57 pm) re: Unable to set up home network between WinXP and WIN98SE PCs (Joe: Thu, Apr 24, 2003, 12:15 am) im unable to do anything because a window pops up saying i dont have adminstrator rights (chester smith: Thu, Sep 19, 2002, 8:06 am) re: im unable to do anything because a window pops up saying i dont have adminstrator rights (Dan Colardeau: Sat, Feb 15, 2003, 6:27 am) re: im unable to do anything because a window pops up saying i dont have adminstrator rights (Joe: Thu, Apr 24, 2003, 12:44 am) re: Unable to set up home network between WinXP and WIN98SE PCs (Joe: Thu, Apr 24, 2003, 12:50 am) re: Unable to set up home network between WinXP and WIN98SE PCs (Dan Colardeau: Sat, May 24, 2003, 8:11 am) re: Unable to set up home network between WinXP and WIN98SE PCs (Tony: Sun, Nov 23, 2003, 3:30 pm) re: Unable to set up home network between WinXP and WIN98SE PCs (Micael Brown: Tue, May 27, 2003, 1:41 pm) re: Unable to set up home network between WinXP and WIN98SE PCs (chris: Mon, Jun 16, 2003, 4:27 am) re: Unable to set up home network between WinXP and WIN98SE PCs (Dan Colardeau: Mon, Jun 16, 2003, 10:39 am) re: Unable to set up home network between WinXP and WIN98SE PCs (Steen: Thu, Sep 11, 2003, 3:36 am) re: Unable to set up home network between WinXP and WIN98SE PCs (FatherJohn: Sun, Oct 26, 2003, 11:03 am) re: Unable to set up home network between WinXP and WIN98SE PCs (chris: Thu, Oct 30, 2003, 6:37 am) re: Unable to set up home network between WinXP and WIN98SE PCs (Laurene F. Quateman: Sat, Jan 24, 2004, 4:44 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum