Re: Will XP share files on a network with W/98SE?

Hi!

I found in setting up a mixed MS network to leave XP to the very last
as I could not stop it " taking over " and making every othe computer
subserviant to it. Must be something in the settings, it seems to want to
push the router aside and allocate IP numbers.

Turning off Internet Connection Sharing should solve this problem. I now
have a few XP-fired nodes on my network, and they are relatively good
citizens alongside PS/2s, a few Macs, OS/2 boxen and the lone RS/6000.

Assuming a "classic" Start Menu: Start > Settings > Network Connections >
Right click each of your installed network adapters and choose properties.
Look on the Advanced tab.

Note: If you are using the XP machine to distribute your Internet connection
to your other computers, you will need to let the router do this if you
don't want XP doing it. If you DO want XP to "share" your Internet
connection, reconfigure your router.

Just added a network HP Laser 5N and XP took it over and now I have
to have XP going before any other computer can access the printer.

Sounds to me as though XP gave it an IP address before anything else did.
You need to fix that first, probably by turning off Internet Connection
Sharing. If you didn't, I'd also set the printer to a static IP address so
it doesn't "move around" on you. Once you get that done, any computer that
is configured to print should do so without issue. I've got a few network
printers (LaserJet 4050n, Samsung CLP-550n, DeskJet 5850, Xerox Phaser
4400n, and a LaserWriter 12/640) set up on many different clients and all of
them work fine. The only thing I'm still trying to figure out is how or if
OS/2 Warp supports TCP/IP (LPR or Port 9100) printing.

Hope Samba is the answer.

Samba would work (and it works quite well) if the printer is available on a
Windows share.

William


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