I am having trouble networking two computers with OS Win 95 & XP. I set up file sharing/microsoft client/Static IP + Subnet in each computer w/ the same workgroup and they don't show up in each others network neighborhood. The odd thing is, when I restart the XP system and do a NetBIOS scan, it shows the 95 system shares, but when I do a second scan it only shows the XP shares, that is its own. Also, when I ping the 95 system from the XP system, the packets are recieved, but when I try to ping the XP system from the 95, I get the following error: "PING: transmit failed, error code 10091." I am using a crossover and my first guess was a bad wire, but when I connect the 95 system to my LAN for internet access, I can't ping any addresses such as [google.com]. I'm willing to bet it's a NIC driver or configuration problem, but not sure. I have a 3com EtherLink III ISA on the 95 sytem and a Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet on the Xp system. If anyone can help, please do because I need to retrieve data from the 95 system.

And yes, I have File sharing enabled on both.

This could or could not help. It addresses the "PING: transmit failed, error code 10091" error that you received. The reference to this error is located about half way down the page. Good Luck! V-Peace-V http://www.data.net.uk/tcp_ip_faq.htm

Yea, that should probably fix it because I'm having all of those problems, lol. Thanks.