unable to network xp home edition with 98SE

I have an XP home edition computer with a printer attached
that I want to share with my 98 computer. The computers
are connected via a 4 port router that has a cble modem
attached to the WAN port. Both the xp and 98 are
connected to the LAN side. I used the network
installation wizard to initially set up the network. The
xp can see the 98 computer in the workgroup but the 98 can
not see the xp in the workgroup. The xp firewall has been
disabled. It appears like the xp will send to the 98 but
it won't accept anything fromn the 98. What am I missing?

Thanks,

John

I have exactly the same problem, help anyone who knows...please

In article <1cb3b01c42279$b6597640$a401280a@phx.gbl>, "john"
<removethisjandp@adnc.com> wrote:
>I have an XP home edition computer with a printer attached
>that I want to share with my 98 computer. The computers
>are connected via a 4 port router that has a cble modem
>attached to the WAN port. Both the xp and 98 are
>connected to the LAN side. I used the network
>installation wizard to initially set up the network. The
>xp can see the 98 computer in the workgroup but the 98 can
>not see the xp in the workgroup. The xp firewall has been
>disabled. It appears like the xp will send to the 98 but
>it won't accept anything fromn the 98. What am I missing?
>
>Thanks,
>
>John

1. Permanently disable XP's built-in Internet Connection Firewall on
local area network connections -- it's for use only on a direct modem
connection to the Internet. Disable and un-install all other firewall
programs while troubleshooting. When un-installing a firewall
program, use the un-install procedure provided by the manufacturer .
Don't use Control Panel | Add or Remove Programs, which might not
completely un-install it.

For more information, see:

Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...c_firewall.htm

2. Use only one protocol for File and Printer Sharing. If the network
needs more than one protocol, unbind File and Printer Sharing from all
but one of them. Details here:

Windows XP Network Protocols
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/..._protocols.htm

3. Make sure that NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on all computers.
Details here:

Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (NetBT)
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...hoot/netbt.htm

4. Run "ipconfig /all" on XP and look at the "Node Type" at the
beginning of the output. If it says "Peer-to-Peer" (which should
actually be "Point-to-Point") that's the problem. It means that the
computer only uses a WINS server, which isn't available on a
peer-to-peer network for NetBIOS name resolution.

If that's the case, run the registry editor, open this key:

HLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parame ters

and delete these values if they're present:

NodeType
DhcpNodeType

Reboot, then try network access again.

If that doesn't fix it, open that registry key again, create a DWORD
value called "NodeType", and set it to 1 for "Broadcast" or 4 for
"Mixed".

For details, see these Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

Default Node Type for Microsoft Clients
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;160177

TCP/IP and NBT Configuration Parameters for Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314053
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