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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



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