Re: [PCTECH] XP Networking Problems

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David - I don't think that 98 broadcasts its presence in a way that XP will 
understand. I think you need a WINS server. But others probably know better.

Here's a link I found on google, searching for 'xp 98 unreachable' --

<http://www.computing.net/networking/wwwboard/forum/18860.html>

HTH
Vern

At 10:04 AM 2/16/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> Good morning everyone,
>
> Over the weekend I installed Windows XP on a new PC that I had just built.
> I've set up Win 98 systems for years but this is my first experience with
> XP.  The install went fine but I can't seem to get it to see any of the
> Windows 98 PC's on the network and they can't see the XP machine.  The XP
> machine also can't connect to the internet.
>
> I've got cable Internet access.  The XP machine is plugged into my Linksys
> router which is connected to the cable modem.  There are no device problems
> that I can see in XP with the hardware.  The TCP/IP protocol appears to be
> loaded.  I didn't assign an IP address.  The router hands out DHCP IP
> addresses and XP should be grabbing one of those.  The lights on the router
> light up when the PC is on and go off when it's off.  When I try to ping
> anything from XP I get a "destination unreachable" message.
>
> Does anyone have any advice, ideas, settings, etc. that I can check out or
> try to change?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  I'm starting to
> feel that I don't deserve my membership card to the "geeks of America".
>
> Dave
>
> Dave Parnin
> Nishikawa Standard Company
> Topeka, IN  46571
> daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx