Win98 and XP Wireless

[rraehal]

I have a peer-to-peer network at a friends house.

It is a wireless B. The Cable/DSL router is Linksys. It is providing DHCP addresses to all three machines.

It has 2 Win98 boxes and an XP box all on the same workgroup.
The XP machine and one 98 PC are wireless. The 2nd 98 box is hard wired.

All of the machines can surf the internet. The computers can also ping each other.

The Windows 98 machines see themselves in network neighborhood. They do not see XP.

The XP box can see itself and one 98 box. It sees the 98 PC that is hard wired.

On the XP box, we can not attach to the shared printer on the Windows 98 box that XP can see. There is no file sharing installed only printer sharing.

We have removed and reinstalled each of the 98 computers TCP/IP, NIC, and Clients for Microsoft Networks, rebooted and reinstalled. Each time the results are the same.

All of the machines use the same SID and WEP key. What should I check to allow the shared resources over the wireless network?

Recap:
XP: Client for MS Networks, File and Printer Sharing, Wireless
98: Client for MS Networks, Printer Sharing, Hard Wired
98: Client for MS Networks, Wireless

[r8500]

Dude, I am sure you did this, so please don't be offended. Are they all in the same workgroup?

[Midknyte]

you need to put file and printer sharing on the win98 systems otherwise, you won't see them. I've had the same problem.

are you using the same login name and password for all systems? if not, try that.

[rraehal]

Sorry I forgot to mention they are all on the same workgroup.

Printer shring is installed on one 98 box but when you open the computer, you can not see the printer. If you look in the properties the printer is shared.

The third question is why can neither 98 box see the XP machine? The xp box has local accounts with no passwords that match the 98 machines local logged in user who doesn't use a password. I set this up at home and everything works except I am not wireless.

I am wondering if the wireless is messing things up. I wouldn't think this is the case but I have never set up 98 with wireless before this network.

[Midknyte]

did you try connecting to the printer via unc name?

I don't think it's the wireless connection. There's something else going on.

[r8500]

Sometimes to connect to the shared printer, I find it easier to put in the path to the shared printer, wether it can see it or not.

Sometimes it works.

[leprechaun_40]

Did you turn off the firewall in XP? It can cause trouble in networking, I found out the hard way:eek: :t

[rraehal]

I will try the UNC name. I did not try that.

XP firwall - good point - It may be on. I will check next time I get over there.

At least the Internet works on all of them.

[rraehal]

XP Firewall was not on for this LAN connection. I can however connect to all shared resources using the UNC name.

I found out for Christmas that I can now get DSL. YEAH!!!!! :x

No more dial up in a few days.

I set up my home network. I ran all of the cables. I have a similar issue with 2 PC's here.

98SE box will not see any shared resources on the XP box. I did set up an account and can attach via the UNC name. Basically siad that to say that it is not the wireless connection as was stated before. It is something else.

[rraehal]

Enabling the guest account on the XP box let the 98 PC see shared resources. So it is an authetication issue.

I am using client for MS networks. The user on the 98 PC is PBROWN and I have a user PBROWN set up on the XP box. The passwords match but it still doesn't work. I can print with the guest account disabled though. Weird. Maybe someday the cause will hit me.