"Chuck" wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:50:02 -0700, Mirko <Mi***@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
>
> >I have small office network; 4 computers in peer to peer network. Two
> >computer runnin on WinXP Home, and other two run on Win98. Everithing works
> >fine until I conected one of XP running computer to Internet over the second
> >XP computer, the one with modem. After that, XP computers see each other and
> >Win98 computers see each other but no communication between these two pair of
> >computers.
> >
> >I try everithing, but no succes. Please help!
>
> Mirko,
>
> One of the most common causes of this problem would be a misconfigured or
> overlooked personal firewall, or other security component. There are several
> other possibilities too, and any might be the cause of your problem. Read this
> article with an open mind.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html
>
> Make sure that NetBT is Enabled, explicitly, on the Windows XP computers.  It's
> not a choice on Windows 98.  Windows 98 has NetBT Enabled.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/netbios-over-tcpip.html>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/netbios-over-tcpip.html
>
> If that's not the case, then you possibly have a master browser conflict.  The
> problem is, computers running Windows 98 and Windows XP don't work well
> together, when maintaining Network Neighbourhood ("seeing" each other).  My
> recommendation would be that you disable the Browse Master on both Windows 98
> computers, and ensure that the browser is running on both Windows XP computers.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/windows-9x-9598me-and-browser.html>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/windows-9x-9598me-and-browser.html
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
> My        email         is          AT         DOT
>    actual       address    pchuck       mvps        org.
>

>"Chuck" wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:50:02 -0700, Mirko <Mi***@discussions.microsoft.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >I have small office network; 4 computers in peer to peer network. Two
>> >computer runnin on WinXP Home, and other two run on Win98. Everithing works
>> >fine until I conected one of XP running computer to Internet over the second
>> >XP computer, the one with modem. After that, XP computers see each other and
>> >Win98 computers see each other but no communication between these two pair of
>> >computers.
>> >
>> >I try everithing, but no succes. Please help!
>>
>> Mirko,
>>
>> One of the most common causes of this problem would be a misconfigured or
>> overlooked personal firewall, or other security component. There are several
>> other possibilities too, and any might be the cause of your problem. Read this
>> article with an open mind.
>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html
>>
>> Make sure that NetBT is Enabled, explicitly, on the Windows XP computers.  It's
>> not a choice on Windows 98.  Windows 98 has NetBT Enabled.
>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/netbios-over-tcpip.html>
>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/netbios-over-tcpip.html
>>
>> If that's not the case, then you possibly have a master browser conflict.  The
>> problem is, computers running Windows 98 and Windows XP don't work well
>> together, when maintaining Network Neighbourhood ("seeing" each other).  My
>> recommendation would be that you disable the Browse Master on both Windows 98
>> computers, and ensure that the browser is running on both Windows XP computers.
>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/windows-9x-9598me-and-browser.html>
>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/windows-9x-9598me-and-browser.html

>Hi!
>I wish to thank you for your quick answer to my question.
>I was stupid enough to trust on Windows Automatic IP addres.
>When I assigned IP addres manualy everything start to work fine.
>
>Thank you very much!