I am trying to network 2 machines, an AthlonXP based XP Pro machine and a K6-2-500 based SE machine. They are both connected to my DSL modem via a network hub. I ran the networking wizard on the XP machine and at the end created a network setup disk. I ran the network setup disk on the SE machine. I have both machines assigned to the same workgroup (PPID). I have the root and the directory I want to transfer on the SE machine shared. My Network Places on the XP machine sees the PPID workgroup, but when I try to open it, I get an error, "PPID is not accessable, you might not have permission..., consult the administrator..." I AM the administrator. Only thing is, I don't know crap about networks. Dam@#$it! This was supposed to be easy. (Can you tell I'm getting frustrated?) TIA, CJon

www.techtony.com free visual aid in networking

connect the dsl modem to main computer, not hub, then run networking wizard. then it will work

Thanks to trophyman and also to the moakes, but I have a problem with both answers. First (trophyman), while Techtony's site is really nice and quite informative, it is entirely directed at networking with W98, and I wasn't able to adapt it to XP. Maybe it is just me. Second (moakes), If I connect the DSL modem direct to the main computer, how do I connect the main computer to the network? I must be missing something here. Two answers, neither of which can I make work. Since I'm obviously a dummy, I need step by step for XP to SE networking through a hub. For this project, I don't really care if the DSL is part of the system or not. Maybe it would be better if it wasn't?