| Glyn, you're correct -an ethernet cross-over cable is all that's required from the hardware side.
Now you need to set up the two machines to communicate to each other - easier said than done!
Points to check:
1) Make sure both systems are using the same workgroup name - on XP go to control panel, system and then click the 'computer name' tab - check the workgroup name here. It's usually either WORKGROUP or MSHOME unless you've changed it.
2) go to Network Connections from the control panel and click on the 'Network connections' option. Find your 'Local Area Connection' and right click then choose 'Properties' Highligh the 'Internet protcol' and click 'Properies' button. Click the option 'Use the following IP address' and in the IP address box below enter the number 192.168.0.1, in the Subnet mask enter 255.255.255.0 - leave all other boxes blank. Click OK on any open windows to close them all off applying the updates as you go.
Now on the Windows98 system you need to do the same things (but they're is slightly different places).
3) Right click 'My computer' icon on the desktop and choose Properties. Go to the 'Network Identification' tab and check the Workgroup name is tha same as in step 1 above. If not you need to change the Workgroup name to match - I can't remember which button it is to do this, but it should be (reasonably) obvious!
4) Do the same thing as step 2 above, but change the IP number to 192.168.0.2.
You may need to reboot the W98 machine to get the new settings to work, the XP doesn't normally need rebooting.
Following that you should be able to see the opposite machine via your 'network neighbourhood' option - however you will need to create a 'share' option on the hard disks to be able to read/change files on one machine from the other.
I think that covers it, but it's a very difficult process to describe partly from memory and not having the system in front of you at the time. If anyone else can add further to this or correct me if necessary, be my guest!  |