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Connecting Pc's and a Mac to router
Name: AndyG Date: October 12, 2005 at 08:33:40 Pacific OS: win 98 CPU/Ram: 64mb
Comment:
Ok we recently had ntl broadband installed in our house which was set up and registered on a Mac with Mac OS. Then later we connected two pcs to a Belkin router, one on XP the other on Win98. The internet works fine on the mac but we can't seem to get the same results on the PCs. Also, after trying to connect to the network on both pcs with the workgroup "MsHome" neither can see the other computer on network neighborhood only themselves. We are definately getting a signal from the router but can't connect. Are our problems connecting to the network/internet to do with the mac?
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