Taff107

Can anyone help me out here. I am trying to network a 98 pc and xp pro pc using a crossover cable. Both machine find their network cards however, cannot see each other. I set it up on the xp pro pc first, making a floppy to put into the 98 but still no luck. I have even tried pinging each other but aagain, nothing. What am I missing here?

MooseRacer

If you're going straight from n/w card to n/w card (ie no hub) then don't you need a straight through cable?

Taff107

No, I'm sure its a crossover. Anyone confirm either?

Mr.Cookie

you need a cross over for nic to nic, do you have any firewall software running.

Si

MooseRacer

Yep crossover it is, my bad

Pretty much like the other thread on here, whats your tcpip settings etc

AndyMoody

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I had loads of problems linking a 98 PC to an XP Pro PC with a crossover cable. Apparently you must have 98SE to make it work, after a fortnight of messing about I installed XP Pro on the second machine and everything now works fine.

Andy.

Taff107

It is certainly a lot easier using NT or 2000, that's for sure! MooseRacer, I will post my config settings later. Thanks