Network all screwed up!

Well, since you can access the Internet from both
machines, you know the network is working--and this
probably also confirms that TCP/IP is installed on each
machine, IP is working, and that the machines are on the
same sub-net.

You need to bear in mind that Microsoft networking
requires some form of name resolution to be able to show
computers in My Network Places. Does your router support
DHCP, and is this how you are configuring the local
computers, or are you manually assigning IP addresses?
If manual, make sure you have both computers on the same
sub-net (if you don't understand that, do "ipcofing /all
c:\ipconfig.txt" on the XP machine, and winipcfg on the
98 machine, and send us the IP info for both machines).

You can also add the system names and IP addresses in
the "\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts" file (on the XP
side anyway) to assist with name resolution. I don't
remember, off-hand, where this file is on 98--search for
hosts.sam, and save the file as hosts.

And don't rely on My Network Places to gauge whether the
network is working or not. Do you have file and print
services installed and enabled? Are you actually sharing
folders or printers?

If so, on one computer go to Start | Run, and enter (in a
UNC format) \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, where the 'xxx's are the
IP address of the other computer. You should get a
window that pops up showing all the shared resources on
the other computer. My experience is that you'll have a
lot more luck connecting from the XP side to the 98 side,
rather than the other way around.

Let us know how it works out.

Thanks, Jack

-----Original Message-----
Our new TV has a connection for use as a computer
monitor so I bought a new computer. I moved the old
Gateway computer with Windows 98 to the living room and
the new Gateway computer with Windows XP Home in the our
home office where the old computer used to reside. I had
to buy and install a wired fast ethernet 10/100 network
card in the old computer. The new computer aleady has a
network card. I also bought a 4-port router to hook it
all up. All the connections on the router are ethernet. I
connected my cable modem into the router at the internet
port and each computer to the router's LAN ports using
ethernet cables. I used port 1 for the Windows 98 living
room computer and port 3 for the Windows XP office
computer. At first, I couldn't get anything to work. I
could not even connect to the internet. I called my
internet provider and straightened out my internet
connection but I still have no network. I can connect to
the internet on both computers now but neither computer
shows the other computer on the network. I've tried
almost everything for a couple of weeks and I still have
no network. Is this an impossible task? I'm turning blue
in the face!
.