I have a win98 pc and a winXP pc , now , both computers are connected to each other and when I try to establish a LAN connection from WinXP to win98 there are no problems and the connection works , the problem is that both computers can't see each other and also can't ping each other , they can ping them selves though , please help , ( just don't give me links or something :) )

Xen i have the exactcly the same problem... :( lets see if some one helps us.... ahh and one thing how do i ping the pcs?? sorry if it is a stup** question but i am new to this

Start->Run->command->ping

I know you don't want a link, but these guys can explain pretty well. If you don't want to go there, that's fine. http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article04-108

if you still need help read this. depending on most things you should only have the tcp/ip protocol enabled and is this a peer-peer network, tell me the tcp/ip settings eg. ip and gateway thats about it

ok , Win98 : ip : 192.168.0.2 subnet mask : 255.255.255.0 gateway none wins : disabled bindings : client for microsoft networks , file and print sharing. DNS : disabled WinXP : ip : 192.68.0.1 subnet mask : 255.255.255.0 gateway none wins : disabled : bindings : file and print sharing , client for microsoft networks DNS : disabled

Xen, make sure you don't have a firewall interfering on either machine. Either disable or set to allow all traffic while testing. Failing that, make sure that you create on your Xp and win98 machines a user and password identical on both machines. However latter will not stop the ping operation, just logon ability. Ed