Has anyone had any luck getting Win2K and Win98 PC's to communicate over a network?
I have a pre-existing network of two Win98 SE machines connected to a hub, and I'm trying to connect a Win2K system for online gaming. So far we've had almost no luck.
The network itself is a standard ethernet network with CAT5 cables and a 5-port Linksys hub. Nothing unusual about it whatsoever, and all cables have been tested. The two networked Win98 systems are home-built machines, built using standard components and standard Linksys ethernet cards. Connected to each other, the network functions flawlessly.
His system is a new Dell Inspiron 8000 Win2K laptop with built-in ethernet port. All of us are on the same domain, and have our systems set to assign IP addresses automatically.
Right now, any time he we connect his laptop to the network, suddenly the two Win98 machines can no longer see each other on the Network Neighborhood, and only his machine shows up. But when we try to access his system via Network Neighborhood from the other machines, we receive the message "You must supply a password to make this connection" and the path is shown as "\\KAMIKAZIL\IPC$". The bizarre thing is, his system is named Kamikazil but none of his drives are shared as "IPC$". Neither of us have any idea where "IPC$" came from. He also does not remember ever specifying a password.
Anyway, he has established full access rights to his system using "Users and Password" under the Control Panel, as well as through Windows File Sharing, but we still keep getting this message that a password is needed. All attempts to connect to each other using online games (TA, UT, etc) have also failed. HOWEVER, he is able to access the shared drives on the two Win98 systems.
If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated!!
I have a pre-existing network of two Win98 SE machines connected to a hub, and I'm trying to connect a Win2K system for online gaming. So far we've had almost no luck.
The network itself is a standard ethernet network with CAT5 cables and a 5-port Linksys hub. Nothing unusual about it whatsoever, and all cables have been tested. The two networked Win98 systems are home-built machines, built using standard components and standard Linksys ethernet cards. Connected to each other, the network functions flawlessly.
His system is a new Dell Inspiron 8000 Win2K laptop with built-in ethernet port. All of us are on the same domain, and have our systems set to assign IP addresses automatically.
Right now, any time he we connect his laptop to the network, suddenly the two Win98 machines can no longer see each other on the Network Neighborhood, and only his machine shows up. But when we try to access his system via Network Neighborhood from the other machines, we receive the message "You must supply a password to make this connection" and the path is shown as "\\KAMIKAZIL\IPC$". The bizarre thing is, his system is named Kamikazil but none of his drives are shared as "IPC$". Neither of us have any idea where "IPC$" came from. He also does not remember ever specifying a password.
Anyway, he has established full access rights to his system using "Users and Password" under the Control Panel, as well as through Windows File Sharing, but we still keep getting this message that a password is needed. All attempts to connect to each other using online games (TA, UT, etc) have also failed. HOWEVER, he is able to access the shared drives on the two Win98 systems.
If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated!!
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