I have 3 XP computers and 3 Win98 computers connected via
two hubs. I can share files among the Win 98 computers
and share files among the Win XP computers, but I cannot
share between the 98 and XP computers. I've tried
everything I could think of:
Checked the wiring
Checked the hubs
Restarted the machines
Renamed the machines
Ran networking wizard (on xp machine) and then ran the
subsequent network setup disks on the 98 machines
I don't understand what could be wrong. In fact, they
were all networked until we had a power surge. None of
the hardware was harmed by the surge and all the hardware
is functioning fine.
In article <18c4e01c4236b$b9558940$a001280a@phx.gbl>, "Jason"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>I have 3 XP computers and 3 Win98 computers connected via
>two hubs. I can share files among the Win 98 computers
>and share files among the Win XP computers, but I cannot
>share between the 98 and XP computers. I've tried
>everything I could think of:
>Checked the wiring
>Checked the hubs
>Restarted the machines
>Renamed the machines
>Ran networking wizard (on xp machine) and then ran the
>subsequent network setup disks on the 98 machines
>
>I don't understand what could be wrong. In fact, they
>were all networked until we had a power surge. None of
>the hardware was harmed by the surge and all the hardware
>is functioning fine.
>
>Any ideas? How can I fix this?
>
>Thanks,
>Jason
I assume that the hubs are connected to each other through an uplink
port. Are you sure that the uplink port is enabled and working?
What happens if you move a computer from one hub to the other? Does
that computer's network behavior change?
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