Re: Can't See The Network

Paul,

There's no firewall on the new desktop system. I disabled the firewall on
the Linksys router, but no change. This is a real puzzler. I even disabled
the onboard NIC card and installed a D-Link network card...same results.
This is a used computer with a brand new hard drive on which I have installed
Win98 SE. It was a clean installation. I can surf the net just fine, other
computers can see this one, but this desktop cannot see any other computer.
I even ran SFC. It found a corrupted setup dll file, which I restored.
No change.

I'm not going to be able to use this desktop until I figure out how to get
it to see the other computers.

Any more suggestions?

Thanks!
Scott

Paul wrote:
>
> Sounds like a firewall problem. Try configuring your network Ip-adresses as
> belonging in the trusted zone (or temporarily disabling your firewall) to
> find out.
>
> Paul
>
> "Scott" <golden@xxxxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
> news:4393D950.9B30EDE3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I just added a Win98SE desktop (Gateway 19999 E-3200 with built-in
> > NIC) to my home network with a Linksys wireless WRT54G router. The
> > desktop accesses the network via an SMC 2602W wireless PCI card
> > that's working perfectly. I can surf the net just fine. My other
> > (Win 95, 98 and XP) computers can see this new desktop and share
> > files with it just fine. The only problem is that on this newly
> > added desktop, when I click on Network Neighborhood, I can't see
> > any of the other computers...yet they can see me. Yes, the workgroup
> > is spelled right, and the C drive is set up to share. The setup on
> > this Win98 computer is identical to another Win98 desktop on the
> > same network. When I ping two of the other PC's, the packets return
> > normally. Everything is working perfectly, except I can't see any of
> > the other computers on the network. All the other computers on the
> > network see each other just fine.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Scott
.

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