I have just networked my two system together and I am having some problems trying to get them to communicate with each other....
Here is what I've done and what my problems are...
What I've done
1. Two systems connected using Crosslinked cable
2. Main system has two NIC since one is used for Cable modem
3. Main system using two diff brand NIC cards. Both using same IRQ(11)
4. Both systems are Win98 and have TCP/IP installed...no other protocal
5. Print & File sharing enabled and HDD are set to be shared fully
My probs
1. Main computer can ping Secondary comp as well as itself but only sees itself in Network Neighborhood...when looking at entire network, sees the "Workgroup"
2. Since Main comp can ping Secondary, tried connecting by doing "run" \\Secondary....does not find comp
3. Secondary comp can ping Main comp as well as itself but only sees itself in Network Neighborhood...when looking at entire network, does not see "Workgroup"
4. Since Secondary comp can ping main, tried connecting by doing "run" \\Main....connects ok and can share files with Main comp
What I can't figure out is why I'm able to see Main comp from Secondary by doing \\main but it won't detect in Network Neighborhood and also why the Main comp cannot even detect secondary comp.
Also, I can't figure out why Main sees workgroup but Secondary does not.
I'm sure I can use NetBEUI to just have the two comps communicate with each other but I would like to resolve this issue by getting to the bottom of the cause rather then just using a different solution.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Here is what I've done and what my problems are...
What I've done
1. Two systems connected using Crosslinked cable
2. Main system has two NIC since one is used for Cable modem
3. Main system using two diff brand NIC cards. Both using same IRQ(11)
4. Both systems are Win98 and have TCP/IP installed...no other protocal
5. Print & File sharing enabled and HDD are set to be shared fully
My probs
1. Main computer can ping Secondary comp as well as itself but only sees itself in Network Neighborhood...when looking at entire network, sees the "Workgroup"
2. Since Main comp can ping Secondary, tried connecting by doing "run" \\Secondary....does not find comp
3. Secondary comp can ping Main comp as well as itself but only sees itself in Network Neighborhood...when looking at entire network, does not see "Workgroup"
4. Since Secondary comp can ping main, tried connecting by doing "run" \\Main....connects ok and can share files with Main comp
What I can't figure out is why I'm able to see Main comp from Secondary by doing \\main but it won't detect in Network Neighborhood and also why the Main comp cannot even detect secondary comp.
Also, I can't figure out why Main sees workgroup but Secondary does not.
I'm sure I can use NetBEUI to just have the two comps communicate with each other but I would like to resolve this issue by getting to the bottom of the cause rather then just using a different solution.
Any help would be greatly appreciated