You can use tcp/ip as the only protocol but it needs some configuring to
connect unless you have a dhcp server to auto-configure them.
To make sure they are on the same subnet try this in the network settings:
set one computer
address 192.168.1.1
subnet 255.255.255.0
set the other
address 192.168.1.2
subnet 255.255.255.0
reboot the machines and try pinging the other ip address. You should get a
reply.
ping 192.168.1.2
If they are not on the same subnet they will not connect to each other.
In regards to multiple protocols, you can use multiple protocols but you
should only use the protocols required.
Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf Of Ben Petersen
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 6:22 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Off topic network Q
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
>
>
>
>
