Hi
I am trying to connect my Windows XP computer to a Win98 computer using an crossover cable. The cables connected and winxp dectects the cable connection but both computer fail to dectect each over. Could someone tell me how to make an network with winXP connecting to the net, and win98 acessing the net through it. Please
chaos
Re: Networking WinXp to Win98
This shouldn't be too much of a problem. I've recently done it myself and it was surprisingly easy to do. Either with crossover cable or CAT5 and hub.
First set up your "home" network. Ideally both machines should be in the same workgroup, have IP addresses from the same family, have a folder on each that is shared with others and firewalls ON but with your home network (IP address family) in a trusted zone. If you can see the other machines in network neighbourhood and can ping each other then thats half the battle.
When setting up the XP machine for the internet go through the wizard and tick the box that says the connection is shared. XP will do all the NAT stuff for you.
Google it!! There is a wealth of info out there. Tzedragon
Re: Networking WinXp to Win98
I agree with Nigel, it is easy but fraught with massive problems and configuration issues. I have spent two weeks getting mine to work and I completed a TAFE course with a mark of 94% prior to starting.
Learn your DOS (yeah) DOS commands. In particular ipconfig and ping, look at all the figures, print the screen if necessary.
Don't be frightened to use the forums, the best I have found is at WOPR. http://www.wopr.com the guys there also answer questions on this forum.
My problem was using a DHCP address I was allocated a subnet mask of 255.0.0.0 I could access the Internet on both computers but the two computers could not see each other. I decided that the answer was to give the second computer a static IP address and correct the subnet mask to 255.255.255.0, great! The computers then could see each other but could not access the internet. I could toggle between the two options all day, not really very satisfactory.
I then decided to open a MS-DOS window and look at the options for ipconfig (ipconfig /?) there was an option of release and renew, I released the errant computer with ipconfig /release then without rebooting renew(ed) ipconfig /renew.
I then did a ipconfig /all and the subnet mask had correctly renewed itself to 255.255.255.0. I can now have either computer on, use my printers (I also installed a print server to my Epson) and had a NIC in my HP.
My suggestion, get your IP addresses from ipconfig /all ping those IP addresses.
If there is no response the problem is in your hardware, most likely in the crossover cable. Cable testers are not cheap (A$100) approx. so you could afford to buy another cable before considering one of those.
The pin out for a crossover is
1 to 3
2 to 6
3 to 1
4 to 4
5 to 5
6 to 2
7 to 7
8 to 8
There is a colour code for each of the wires (4 X 2 pair) but that is only a convention. Generally the CAT5e cables are blue sheaved for straight through and red for crossover, but this convention is being slowly discarded with more and more people making their own cables.
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