I am trying to connect a WinXP machine and a Win98Se machine directly. Theoretically the network should be functioning, but I can't even ping the other machine... Both LAN card have been properly installed, and the LEDs are on. The win98 machine has an older 10MB Genius card. I am using a crossover cable. If I unplug the cable the XP reports it. The Xp machine can even recognise the network speed (10MB). I've tried it with a different network card, in the 98 machine, and XP adjusted the speed to 100Mb. I've created a user (with administrator rights on the XP machine) on both machines, with the same username/password. Firewall software is currently not running on eiither of the machines. The machines can ping themselves but not the other. Addresses are: 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.5 and subnet masks are the same: 255.255.255.0 Could anyone please help to figure out, why the network does not start? Thank you, Fuli

Responses to this message: re: Question about 'Connect to a Windows XP or 2000 system with a Windows 95, 98, or Me system over a Network' (Brent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 at 7:48 pm) re: Question about 'Connect to a Windows XP or 2000 system with a Windows 95, 98, or Me system over a Network' (Bert: Wednesday, September 4, 2002 at 12:28 pm)

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