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Hi All,

I've just got back from PC world with my nice, new, shiny ethernet hub and cables and network cards and everything that I think I need to set up a home network. I've plugged it all in and installed everything I think I need to install, all according to the instructions. I have some problems though...

I'm networking two machines, one running XP Pro with SP2 and the other running standard Win98. I want to be able to share my ADSL internet connection on the XP machine with the 98 machine, so that the 98 machine can run behind the security precautions I've taken with the XP one (taking advantage of its firewall, antivirus etc.) I want to do this cause the processor on the 98 machine is killed by any virus protection I've put on it. First of all is it possible to do this without having to buy a router or install XP on the 98 machine?

Secondly, the two computers are obviously communicating with each other - multiplayer Civ3 confirmed that one! But, I can't seem to even see, let alone share/write to any drives on one machine from the other :( I guess I need to figure that one out before trying to share the internet connection!! Also, while I'm merrily typing away, is it possible, and I'm assuming once I've got the drives "visible" that it is, that I can install iTunes on the Win98 machine and play music files on it from the drives on the XP one?

Thanks for any help,

Edno

There both definately in the same workgroup - how/where do I check (and if needs be change) the subnet mask? Also, I've read somewhere that the PC's will need to have "linked" IP addresses (in that the final set of numbers has to be one different on each machine) - where can I check this and can I change it if needs be? Would this conflict with my ISP assigned IP?
I've given in and installed XP on the 98 machine now but even with the same OS on both it's still the same problem - both computers can see the workgroup name but can't see the PC's, let alone the shared files/folders (theres definately some there on both!). I've even tried running the network setup wizard again from both machines and it still doesn't work.
Things were never this annoying with my Macs - true plug and play!

Check that both PCs are running on the same subnet mask and workgroup. If that's the case, and there is a connection in existance (wired or wireless) then they should be able to see each other.

Hi All,

I've just got back from PC world with my nice, new, shiny ethernet hub and cables and network cards and everything that I think I need to set up a home network. I've plugged it all in and installed everything I think I need to install, all according to the instructions. I have some problems though...

I'm networking two machines, one running XP Pro with SP2 and the other running standard Win98. I want to be able to share my ADSL internet connection on the XP machine with the 98 machine, so that the 98 machine can run behind the security precautions I've taken with the XP one (taking advantage of its firewall, antivirus etc.) I want to do this cause the processor on the 98 machine is killed by any virus protection I've put on it. First of all is it possible to do this without having to buy a router or install XP on the 98 machine?

Secondly, the two computers are obviously communicating with each other - multiplayer Civ3 confirmed that one! But, I can't seem to even see, let alone share/write to any drives on one machine from the other :( I guess I need to figure that one out before trying to share the internet connection!! Also, while I'm merrily typing away, is it possible, and I'm assuming once I've got the drives "visible" that it is, that I can install iTunes on the Win98 machine and play music files on it from the drives on the XP one?

Thanks for any help,

Edno