I have a situation that is driving me bananas, and , I hope someone here can help me out. I have already ran this by 3 different MCSEs and they are somewhat at a loss as well so I don't feel quite so bad. Here's the situation. I have 2 PCs on a network. Although there are only two, I am using patch cables and a powered hub rather than a crossover cable due to the fact that more PCs will be added later. One of these PCs is running Win98 and the other NT Workstation 4.0. I have assigned the systems the following IP information. PC #1 (Win98) IP Address = 192.168.0.3 Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 PC #2 (WinNT) IP Address 192.168.0.2 Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 . Now for the problem. Each PC can see itself in it's own Network Neighborhood, but neither can see the other. I am able to ping the loopback address (127.0.0.1) on both machines with good responses. I am also able to ping each machines own IP address from itself with good responses as well. However, here is where it becomes difficult for me. I can ping the WinNT box from the Win98 box, but, I cannot ping the 98 box from the NT box. Someone out there with greater wisdom than I please help me out here. E-Mail me with your replies as well as posting if you don't mind.

Here's a couple things that might help. First, if you've put in a gateway, take it out. You don't say there's any cable modem, router, or other type of box serving as either. Second, in the 98 system, edit the \windows\hosts file, and put the addresses of both systems in there. On the NT box the same file is in \winnt\system32\drivers\etc. There may already be a hosts.sam file, so you may need to drop to a command line to get the file with the right name - "hosts" has no extension. Third, on the 98 box, you logged on as some user. Create a local user (whatever group, but at least user) on the NT box with the same (or a blank) password. Lastly, make sure the user is different on each box. HTH, Chase

I tried the afore mentioned possibilities to no avail. I appreciate the ideas though. I was just wondering if anyone had any others?

The olny thing i can think of is try turning file and print sharing in network neighborhood on the win 98 machine it might work on nt. But i think you need users on the nt machine and make sure you are sharing a folder or files look for a hand under your hard drive. Ihope it helps i just guessing.

I have the same similar problem...atho its the Win2k PC that cant read shared files from the Win98PC. If I attached a Win98 PC to the other end instead, it works fine. I troubleshooted and found that file and printer sharing must be turned on in Win2K in order to see the other Win98 Computer in the neighbourhood BUT even then, I cant see any of the shared files in Win98... IS there a compatibility problem with peer-to-peer networking with Win98 and Win2000 ? Is is definitely not a router/switch problem as the same thing occurred even when I ran a crossover cable between them. HELP !!!