Hello, i wonder if someone could help me. I would like to set up a LAN between my Windows XP Computer, and my Dad's Windows 98 Computer. The Network will have an internet connection, provided by my Win Xp Computer. I have gone through the stuff like installing the NIC's, connecting the Ethernet cable, and ran the setup wizard on my computer. I set my comp name as HOST and the workgroup as HOMELAN. When prompted I inserted a Floppy disk and the Network setup disk was created for me to use on the windows 98 pc. I inserted the disk, ran netsetup.exe, it installed some things and prompted to restart. When it loaded again the Network Setup Wizard loaded, and i enter the computer name as GUEST and the workgroup name, once again, as HOMELAN. After restarting both computers, I tried finding a shared folder from the windows 98 computer but was unable to find anything (maybe i was looking in the wrong place :S), i also dont see "My Network Places" on my start menu. On the windows 98 pc, i go into network neighbourhood (maybe im doing this wrong too?), and see icons for Entire Network, and Guest. Guest simply takes me to about 6 shared printers and a shared hard drive (from the windows 98 pc). I then went into the Entire Network, then Homelan, and all that was there, was the same contents that were on the original network neighbourhood screen. I can see no trace of anything from my windows xp computer. I am unable to connect to the internet on windows 98 computer either, Evidently something is wrong but i don't know what. Any help or solution to my problem would be very much appreciated. Thank you

You need to be using a crossover cable between the two PC's. You need to have ICS installed on the PC that connects directly to the internet. This guide will help you alot and answer most of your questions. www.homenethelp.com

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hmm ok never mind then thanks anyway

I'm having a very similar problem. I'm trying to connect a win98 pc to a winXP pc with a crossover cable and two ethernet cards. My win98 will connect to the winXP only when I dial into the internet on the winXP. But the win98 can't download anything from the internet, browse, etc. Pages just timeout. I can though view and work with files connecting from the winXP to the win98, but can't do the same from the win98. My Network Neighborhood on the win98 shows Entire Network (and MSHOME through it, but nothing else) and the win98 host name. I can't see anything to do with the host. I can't even play LAN games. Please help. Ohhh, BTW. I have everything setup according to winXP wizards and win98 microsoft online help and still no luck. DID MICROSOFT DO THIS ON PURPOSE SO THAT WE UPGRADE ALL OUR PCs TO XP? I THINK SO. THEY KNOW THAT PEOPLE USE MULTIPLE NETWORKED COMPUTERS AT HOME AND AT WORK. WHY COULDN'T THEY MAKE IT SIMPLE, THEY SURE MAKE IT LOOK SIMPLE. WHAT IF I DON'T WANT WINXP ON MY P3 500MHz 256RAM GOOD FOR NOTHING PC? Mike Needs Help!!!