I am having a problem with sharing also
cpu1: XP Home
cpu2: 98se

both can reach the internet but they cant communicate by print of file sharing







On Friday, April 22, 2005 at 7:16 pm, Jack Yan wrote:

>Hi everyone:

>

>I believe I may have posted this elsewhere as well, and apologize for any double-ups. 

>I just want to put this on the record for others to find in case they have the same 

>problem.

>

>D-Link tech support was great but their solution was to exchange the unit. I eventually 

>plugged in my laptop and it worked, so I concluded it had to be a set-up thing between 

>Desktop Computer A and Desktop Computer B, both running XP Home. 

>

>I began investigating all the settings again, and strangely, the laptop and computer 

>A (which could talk to one another) had different things installed under 'This connection 

>uses the following items'—contrary to the advice I had read. So I knew that the 
differences 

>would not be a major problem.

>

>Anyway, I went to Configure the network card on B and a message came up saying that 

>if I went in, some of my new settings would disappear. This didn't happen with either 

>A or the laptop, so I knew something was up.

>

>The laptop and the B have the same family of network card, yet under the 'Advanced' 

>tab, the laptop had 'Link Speed/Duplex Mode' on 'Automatic' (which is what B was 

>set to).

>

>However, after I set B to '10 Full Mode' ('10 Half Mode' also worked), I could do 

>everything!

>

>Just for clarity, A has a different type of network card and only has 'Line Speed' 

>as the sole property under 'Advanced'. It's set on 'TP Half Duplex'.

>

>So there you have it: I went _against_ all the rules, have totally different settings 

>between the machines, and it all works!

>

>Regards,

>

>Jack

>www.jackyan.com

>
 

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