"Manxcat5" wrote:

> Hi,
>     I really need alot of help with this please. My setup
>
> Host:- win xp with broadband connection with Realtek RTL8139 Family Fast
> Ethernet NIC
> Client:- Laptop with Win98 and installed Belkin CardBus NetWork Card
>
> I'm using a crossover cable connected to XP and Win98
>
> First off when i run the Network Install Wizard on XP it reboots/crashes the
> computer during the graphic at the end of the setup. (where the monitors
> cross the screen) So i can't use that. Win98 seems not to have this option.
>
> I've heard all types of variations of what i need to do, but i really need a
> dummies guide to getting this setup to work.
>
> Can anyone give me some advice please.
>
> Thankyou.
>

>Hi,
>    I really need alot of help with this please. My setup
>
>Host:- win xp with broadband connection with Realtek RTL8139 Family Fast
>Ethernet NIC
>Client:- Laptop with Win98 and installed Belkin CardBus NetWork Card
>
>I'm using a crossover cable connected to XP and Win98
>
>First off when i run the Network Install Wizard on XP it reboots/crashes the
>computer during the graphic at the end of the setup. (where the monitors
>cross the screen) So i can't use that. Win98 seems not to have this option.
>
>I've heard all types of variations of what i need to do, but i really need a
>dummies guide to getting this setup to work.
>
>Can anyone give me some advice please.
>
>Thankyou.

>>>Hi,
>>>    I really need alot of help with this please. My setup
>>>
>>>Host:- win xp with broadband connection with Realtek RTL8139 Family Fast
>>>Ethernet NIC
>>>Client:- Laptop with Win98 and installed Belkin CardBus NetWork Card
>>>
>>>I'm using a crossover cable connected to XP and Win98
>>>
>>>First off when i run the Network Install Wizard on XP it reboots/crashes the
>>>computer during the graphic at the end of the setup. (where the monitors
>>>cross the screen) So i can't use that. Win98 seems not to have this option.
>>>
>>>I've heard all types of variations of what i need to do, but i really need a
>>>dummies guide to getting this setup to work.
>>>
>>>Can anyone give me some advice please.
>>>
>>>Thankyou.
>>
>>I'm sorry, but I don't know why the Network Setup Wizard is crashing
>>on XP.  Fortunately, you don't have to run the Network Setup Wizard at
>>all, even though Microsoft's documentation says to.  You can make each
>>computer's network settings manually.
>>
>>To configure Windows XP to share its broadband connection:
>>
>>1. Open the Network Connections folder.
>>2. Right-click the broadband connection.
>>3. Click Properties.
>>4. Click Advanced.
>>5. Put a check mark in box under Internet Connection Sharing.
>>
>>To configure Windows 98 to use the shared Internet connection, go to
>>Control Panel > Network and:
>>
>>1. Add these network components if they aren't already present:
>>
>>   TCP/IP protocol
>>   Client for Microsoft Networks
>>   File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks
>>
>>2. Remove these network components if they're present:
>>
>>   IPX/SPX protocol
>>   NetBEUI protocol
>>   Client for NetWare networks
>>
>>3. Click the Identification tab and set the workgroup name to the same
>>name that the Windows XP computer uses (default for XP is MSHOME).
>
>Not to be a wet blanket, and I hope the given instructions work (they look
>reasonable), should they NOT work it could be that whatever is crashing XP
>is at work there.  Since the cause of that crash is unknown, then many other
>unkowns also exist.
>
>The crashing of XP needs to be addressed before anything else; who knows
>what else is only partially not working or not working at all?
>
>HTH
>Pop`