Ben,
Had TCP/IP and IPX/SPX on the laptop. Those and others were
installed on the NT Server. In that configuration the 95 machine
saw the NT Server machine as a server but NT Server didn't see the
95 machine as a server.
I removed IPX/SPX from the laptop and installed NetBEUI on both.
Now all seems to work fine.
Now another naive question. They would not connect with TCP/IP
alone. I thought I had seen a comment on the list warning against
multiple protocols as packets would be sent for each. Or is TCP/IP
not a ??stand-alone?? protocol.
Thanks,
Ben Petersen
On 15 Aug 2001, at 16:09, Ben Johansen wrote:
> Hi Ben
>
> What protocols are you running. (ie. Netbios, TCP/IP)
>
> you need to setup sharing on your 98 system under network neighborhood
> then you need to right-click on a drive or a folder and select sharing, just
> follow the dialog box.
>
> Security issues: if both systems are on the Internet then don't bind Netbios
> to TCP/IP
>
> if when you go into network neighborhood you don't see the system listed,
> then try right-clicking on network neighborhood and select "find computer"
> and type the name of the win98 system
>
> if you are running tcpip only and you enable the netbios over tcpip then you
> can edit a file called "LMHOSTS" (enter "hosts" under find file) if you only
> see a LMHOSTS.SAM file then copy it to a file called "LMHOSTS" (no
> extension) and open it in notepad and you will see instructions in there for
> linking an IP address to a netbios name
>
>
> Ben Johansen - www.pcforge.com
> list commands: www.pcforge.com/WiTangoTalk.htm
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Ben Petersen
> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 7:29 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Off topic network Q
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Since the list has been slow for a couple days I thought I'd ask a
> dumb question.
>
> I develop on a machine running NT server. I have my laptop (win
> 98) networked to it for testing and misc. I've also configured my
> laptop as a server, or at least on a peer to peer network it would
> show as a server. But the desktop machine doesn't recognize the
> laptop as a server.
>
> Not a big deal, but inquiring minds....
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ben Petersen
>
>
>
>
