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XP connecting to Win 98
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Pls. can anyone advice me on the following problem. I have a Win 98, which is used for Internet and File sharing etc.. On the 98 I have setup a workgroup (VINNY), and specified the IP address (192.172.0.1), subnet mask (255.255.255.0) and DHCP enabled. I have 4 XP clients for which I'm trying to connect onto the workgroup. I manage to add the 4 XP's onto the workgroup but cannot view the 98 PC. It does mention it has joined the workgroup, but when running Help and Support on XP. It shows Domain VINNY, and IP address 169.254.x.x Any suggestions?? Thank you!! Amit |
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XP connecting to Win 98
"Amit" wrote in message ... Hi, Pls. can anyone advice me on the following problem. I have a Win 98, which is used for Internet and File sharing etc.. On the 98 I have setup a workgroup (VINNY), and specified the IP address (192.172.0.1), subnet mask (255.255.255.0) and DHCP enabled. I have 4 XP clients for which I'm trying to connect onto the workgroup. I manage to add the 4 XP's onto the workgroup but cannot view the 98 PC. It does mention it has joined the workgroup, but when running Help and Support on XP. It shows Domain VINNY, and IP address 169.254.x.x Any suggestions?? Thank you!! Amit You've set a static IP address but enabled DHCP. Try choosing one or the other but not both as DHCP is a service that allocates IP addresses. On XP, I think that when you get the 169.x.x.x IP address returned to you that usually means a PC has tried but hasnt been able to communicate with a DHCP server. When you say Domain VINNY, do you "mean" Domain or Workgroup?, check you've set this correctly. On the win98 ICS server pc start again! Remove ICS then uninstall "everything" from network settings include network card drivers, reboot after deleting all. Restart PC, if plug and play discovers and installs the card automatically then reboot when its finished. Reinstall NIC (if not auto done), protocol TCP/IP and client for microsoft networks etc rebooting as necessary. THEN install ICS server. Dont attempt to set an IP address for this machine as ICS will become the DHCP server and set the 98 machine's IP address for you. Set its workgroup to VINNY. Reset the XP machines to basic network settings and tell them to get their IP addresses automatically. Run the networking and Internet connection wizards - you dont need a disk created by the Win98 machine - and you should be there. Check their workgroup settings |
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