WinXP & Win98 File Sharing using IPX/SPX:

I have an XP and win98 computer connected in a simple network. I have Internet access on both and can share files/printers using TCP/IP. I've followed the XP help instructions for changing the file sharing protocol to IXP/SPX (On XP: install NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS and under advanced, click off TCP/IP for file sharing) (On win98: del Microsoft File Sharing, add IPX/SPX protocol and NetWare File Sharing service).

Problem: win98 adding of NetWare File Sharing also installs "Client for Netware Networks", which doesn't seem to have share-level access, only user-level access (and wants a for list of users and/or groups with permissions.) Anyway, now computers can't share files (tho both still have internet access).

At a loss from where to go from here. Any advice?

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Make sure you have both computers working in the same workgroup. In Win 98, when you right click on the NetNeighborhood choose properties. Choose the File and Print sharing tab in the middle and check both those boxes (i.e i want to give others access to my files). In the Identification tab, mak esure yoru workgroup name is in there. Are you using a Router for this home network? In the access control tab choose user level access with your workgroup name listed.

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Forgot to mention- Yes, both computers are behind an Internet Router (NetGear RP619 - which, I believe, provides a firewall and assigns private IP addresses to all computers behind it) and yes, both computers belong to the same workgroup.

For the Netware Client - Access control tab, User Level is the ONLY option (I'm used to using Share Level with MS Client). Am I to understand that I can just type in the workgroup name here and be done? (I think I tried that and got some warning message when I tried to close that window)

thanks - Scott


On Friday, December 5, 2003 at 1:20 pm, dp wrote:
>Make sure you have both computers working in the same workgroup. In Win 98, when
>you right click on the NetNeighborhood choose properties. Choose the File and Print
>sharing tab in the middle and check both those boxes (i.e i want to give others access
>to my files). In the Identification tab, mak esure yoru workgroup name is in there.
> Are you using a Router for this home network? In the access control tab choose
>user level access with your workgroup name listed.

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Scott I read your problem with interest as it exactly describes my experience today. Did you find a solution? I was looking to move to IXP for secrurity reasons - but failed as I too could not set up user level access on the W98 system - that's when I turned to the internet and found your message. My gut feel is that you need a complete NT like system to do this (NT, W2000 or XP Professional) hence I don't think there is a solution for our current configuration and I have gone back to TCP/IP....but if you know better.... Regards Gerard


On Friday, December 5, 2003 at 6:27 pm, scott wrote:
>Forgot to mention- Yes, both computers are behind an Internet Router (NetGear RP619
>- which, I believe, provides a firewall and assigns private IP addresses to all computers
>behind it) and yes, both computers belong to the same workgroup.

For the Netware
>Client - Access control tab, User Level is the ONLY option (I'm used to using Share
>Level with MS Client). Am I to understand that I can just type in the workgroup
>name here and be done? (I think I tried that and got some warning message when I
>tried to close that window)

>thanks - Scott
>
>

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Gerard -

No solution found.  I gave up the hunt and went back to TCP/IP, following Fermat's 
Principle (path of least resistance). 

Been happily unsecure ever since.

I don't know which is more annoying: Not being able to impliment the protocol on 
an XP/win98 network, or not being able to install XP on the older computer (because 
of Billy-Boy's one-O/S:one-Computer license structure)?!

-Scott









On Wednesday, May 5, 2004 at 10:28 am, Gerard wrote:

>Scott

>

>I read your problem with interest as it exactly describes my experience today. Did 

>you find a solution?

>

>I was looking to move to IXP for secrurity reasons - but failed as I too could not 

>set up user level access on the W98 system - that's when I turned to the internet 

>and found your message. My gut feel is that you need a complete NT like system to 

>do this (NT, W2000 or XP Professional) hence I don't think there is a solution for 

>our current configuration and I have gone back to TCP/IP....but if you know better....

>

>Regards

>Gerard

>

>

> 

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