horsedude

hey thank you all for your help. I ran the program provided by XP and got 98 and XP networking with eachother and 98 can still network with 95. I couldn't figure out really how to define IP addresses for each computer. There were IP address settings for TCP/IP........ is that it??? I'll pursue your ideas later. Also is there a way to install netBEUI on XP? Someone suggested it.... i think.

I don't know whether the win95 & win98 machines have static or dynamic IPs. I'll try what u suggested. What is DHCP? What is Netbui? So, if I manually configure each computer (two win95, one win98, and two new winXP) and their IP addresses and such, then they should all be able to network with eachother, even though win95 and winXP are vastly different? I don't think I made it clear that the win95 machines and the one win98 machine are networking with eachother just fine (it's been in place for a few years). However I need the two new winXP machines to network with AT LEAST the win98 machine without disrupting the network between the win98 and win95. Also, how do you PING another computer? There is no Internet Connection Sharing. Each computer has a 56k dial-up modem (archaic, I know). I think the <B>File & Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks</B> is installed on each machine because the network has been up for quite a while, we're just adding two new XP's.

I'm dealing with two win95, one win98, and two XP computers on a LAN network. All computers configured for the same Workgroup. I have the two XP computers networking with the 'Home & Office Networking' wizard, however it is not recognizing win98. I understand if I run a special program provided by winXP it will set win98 to be able to talk to XP on the LAN. HOWEVER... we still need win95 talking with win98... will running this program on win98 DISRUPT the network between win95 & win98?? I don't particularly need win95 talking with winXP but I DO need win95 AND winXP talking with the win98 since it has all the printers & such. Thank you!!