Help networking Win2k and 98

[Wizo de inquirer]

I have a small home lan consisting on a Windows 2000 machine and a Windows 98 (not SE) box. I have them setup on 10mbit LAN and I'm having problems "seeing" the 98 machine in Network Neighborhood. I can ping both machines from either one (i.e. communication is good) but I cannot see the 98 box from my Win2k box.. Had no problems when they both ran 98...don't know what's up read everything I could...am getting rather crankey...drinking lotsa caffiene and cursing frequently at my Intel Hub (no apparent reason)...any help would be appreciated.

 

[CONK]

Have you tryed going start-->run then puttin in \\win98computername

????
that or find computer usually works for me, what protocols you got on there?

 

[Wizo de inquirer]

Yeah I've tried that..I get "the network path was not found". I have TCP/IP installed and each machine has a static IP. I don't know what's up this is weird.

 

[bwp73]

Try adding the netbeui protocol as well

 

[Dalantech]

Is printer and file sharing enabled on the 98 machine? Did you share out the hard drive? Dalantech.com

 

[Wizo de inquirer]

Yeah file/print sharing is enabled I haven't tried NetBEUI yet...but something else strange is I don't have "Computers near me" in "My networking places"....werd...I'll get it all worked out....someday.

 

[Alton]

I've had a similar problem. I have 2 linux boxes on my home network. One of them is my file sharing and database box.. any drivers, patches, common apps (like winzip) that I think I might need from anywhere on the network get put onto my file sharing box. When I was running Win98 on my wifes machine and dual booting win98/linux on my box, everyone could see the file sharing machine fine. Now i'm tri-booting win98/w2k/linux. Win98 still see's the linux box just fine. W2k see's my wifes win98 machine ok, but refuses to acknowledge that the linux box exists (as far as samba file sharing goes) I can ping the box, and use FTP, but I can't get w2k to recognize it as a viable machine in the neighborhood network for Samba.

Am I doing something wrong, or does this have more to do with the W2k kerberos extensions that MS is causing a fit about on /.? Or, is MS just being nasty about the fact that i'm running linux?

 

[Whisper]

My patience is being tested today with the lack of information, provided by requestors for help.

I bet somebody knows the answer to this already provided that all the neccessary information is given.

 

[Urugami]

Make sure both the W98 and W2K boxes belong to the same workgroup. I just UNinstalled W2K, so I can't give you click-for-click how to get to this, but it's somewhere in the Properties of "Computers Near Me". Jeez... it might even be in the properties of the TCP/IP binding for the W2K's network card.

Sorry I can't be more specific.

'gami

PS... just read down further in the thread.. You don't even have "computers near me". That could be the problem there, or at least another symptom. Good Luck