complete networking newbie

[njtermite]

hello, this is the first tie im trying to network, im trying to network my friends computers for him. Im trying to network 2 computers one runs win98SE and the other one runs winME, they both have nic cards and i also have a switch. I hooked both computer to the switch and turned on file sharing but the computers couldnt see eacth other. could someone tell me how to network the computers together, i dont know what im doing wrong.

heres the switch im using
http://www.linksys.com/products/product.as...cid=31&prid=154 (http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=34&scid=31&prid=154)


any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated

thanks
Mark

[61Dynamic]

Make sure you've named each computer and designated the workgroup for each. Also in the network properties make sure TCP/IP proticall is installed. I forget how to get into all of this in Win9x and ME off the top of my head since I use XP and it's a bit diff. I'll give you a link with everything you need to know so that this post doesn't get too long. It has pics and tells you what you'll need for 9x.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/home-network.htm

[njtermite]

Thanks for the reply, after playing around alittle bit i got it to work. but im now having a problem with internet connection sharing :cry:


Thanks,
Mark

[neb1211]

Internet connection sharing can be a bit of a pain to set up. I did bout 5 times with both machines running 98se. You have to go to the add/remove windows components or something like that and under internet (might be something different) and make sure that there is a check mark in internet connection sharing. That is all i can remember since now both machines run xp pro and all you have to do is plug the cable in and then open a wizard that sets everything up for you. All i remember that with win 98se setting up internet connection sharing is a pain.

[njtermite]

I hear you; it was so horrible setting up. I finally got it to work. Every time I ran the ics wizard it would screw up my network configuration. What I did was installed ics and didn’t run the ics wizard and set the settings manually. And it worked :lol:

Mark

[neb1211]

yeah that is what i ended up doing.