Hi Cindy, This has been going on long enough that I don't have the original mails. You problem as I remember it is that you can access the internet from both your Win98 and WinXP computers but they can't see each other in network neighborhood. Is that correct? Have you assigned the same workgroup name to both computers? Could you review the things you have done to try to get the two computers to see each other? If I'm completely off base on this, let me know.
You might as well leave the ip addresses alone at least until you confirm that everything else is configured correctly. Your router will have a thing called a DHCP server built into it that assigns IP addresses. Your computers will be set up to get an IP address automatically. If you access your router you will find a way to turn this feature on and off. The fact that you are able to access the internet means that feature is working. Ben Moore -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cindy Pavey Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 9:41 AM To: [email protected] Subject: PCWorks: Re: Networking questions I'm on cable, not dial up. My IP probably is masked by either my firewall &/or my router. If the IP addresses are dynamic, how do you change them to static? Thanks, Cindy Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 22:52:03 -0600 From: "Support-OrpheusComputing.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: PCWorks: Re: Networking questions If you're on a dialup, it's dynamic. If you're on DSL or cable, it could be both. Ask your ISP, or monitor your IP address for about a week at someplace like www.ipchicken.com . Make sure your IP isn't being masked by any firewall or proxy programs before checking. - -Clint God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com ) http://ComputersCustomBuilt.com - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Pavey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have no clue as to whether the IP addresses are static or dynamic, how to find out or how to make them static. I THINK the XP is static, don't know about the 98. How to I find out and how do I fix it? Thanks, Cindy >Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 07:17:13 +0200 From: Bram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: PCWorks: Re: Networking question Hi Cindy. You don't say whether the IP addresses for your computers are static or dynamic. In my experience , especially if you're mixing XP and 98 it's best to give each computer a static address, (192.168.0.1, 192.168.0.2) with the sub mask as 255.255.255.0. This should enable you to share properly. Obviously, as others have pointed out, you must be sharing the files correctly. best of luck Bram AngloCom -- ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
