file & printer sharing

5 Mar 2005 9:57 AM

dcbryan

Hello-

I am having problems getting my network all connected for file sharing and
printer sharing. I have a desktop using XP home and a laptop using 98SE.
My internet connection on both is working fine, but I am having problems
getting the sharing aspect to work. My router is a D-Link DI-524 and the
card is a D-Link G-630. Can anyone help me with some instructions I may be
able to use to get the file sharing to work? Or is this not able to be done
with the two OS I am using?

Thanks in advance for any help that anyone can afford.

Dave

5 Mar 2005 10:16 AM

atec

dcbryan wrote:
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> Hello-
>
> I am having problems getting my network all connected for file sharing and
> printer sharing. I have a desktop using XP home and a laptop using 98SE.
> My internet connection on both is working fine, but I am having problems
> getting the sharing aspect to work. My router is a D-Link DI-524 and the
> card is a D-Link G-630. Can anyone help me with some instructions I may be
> able to use to get the file sharing to work? Or is this not able to be done
> with the two OS I am using?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help that anyone can afford.
>
> Dave
>
>

http://alpha-geek.com/2004/05/08/file_sharing_between_winxp_pro_and_win98
might help

5 Mar 2005 1:50 PM

Duane Arnold

"dcbryan" <dcjunkbr***@hotmail.com> wrote in

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> Hello-
>
> I am having problems getting my network all connected for file sharing
> and printer sharing. I have a desktop using XP home and a laptop
> using 98SE. My internet connection on both is working fine, but I am
> having problems getting the sharing aspect to work. My router is a
> D-Link DI-524 and the card is a D-Link G-630. Can anyone help me with
> some instructions I may be able to use to get the file sharing to
> work? Or is this not able to be done with the two OS I am using?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help that anyone can afford.
>

http://tinyurl.com/shht

Duane :)

5 Mar 2005 11:25 PM

dave AKA vwdoc1

In case what others have suggested don't work.....
Let your WinXP computer create a floppy disk to use to setup the Win98SE
computer which should help. 8^)
You will still have to enable sharing of each drive or folder you wish to be
accessible on your network.
later,
dave
(One out of many daves)
Also with a DLink 524 and Win98SE, ME, and XP computers

"dcbryan" <dcjunkbr***@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> Hello-
>
> I am having problems getting my network all connected for file sharing and
> printer sharing. I have a desktop using XP home and a laptop using 98SE.
> My internet connection on both is working fine, but I am having problems
> getting the sharing aspect to work. My router is a D-Link DI-524 and the
> card is a D-Link G-630. Can anyone help me with some instructions I may
> be able to use to get the file sharing to work? Or is this not able to be
> done with the two OS I am using?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help that anyone can afford.
>
> Dave
>

6 Mar 2005 12:26 AM

Duane Arnold

I left out a link.

http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/guidshrh.htm

Duane :)

6 Mar 2005 1:50 AM

Eric

"dcbryan" <dcjunkbr***@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> Hello-
>
> I am having problems getting my network all connected for file sharing and
> printer sharing. I have a desktop using XP home and a laptop using 98SE.
> My internet connection on both is working fine, but I am having problems
> getting the sharing aspect to work. My router is a D-Link DI-524 and the
> card is a D-Link G-630. Can anyone help me with some instructions I may
be
> able to use to get the file sharing to work? Or is this not able to be
done
> with the two OS I am using?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help that anyone can afford.
>
> Dave

Hi,

Very common problem when not able to get file sharing working between WinXP
and Win98 is the workgroup name.

WinXP only allows the workgroup name to be entered as UPPERCASE. Win98
allows the workgroup name to be UPPERCASE, lowercase, or a combination of
both. By default, Win98 has you begin entering the workgroup name in
lowercase.

Workgroup names are, however, case sensative. Make sure the workgroup name
on both computers are exactly the same. Best approach is to always use only
UPPERCASE for workgroup names on all computers.

Also make sure "NetBIOS over TCP/IP" is enabled under TCP/IP properties on
all computers as well.

Cheers,
-Eric