[thelist] [OT] Win98 <-> Win2K Networking

[John Handelaar]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org
> [mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of Olly Hodgson
> Sent: 05 February 2002 13:57
> To: theList [evolt]
> Subject: [thelist] [OT] Win98 <-> Win2K Networking
>
> Does anybody know of a resource that lists all the things you
> should do when
> getting Win2k and Win98 talking over Ethernet?

No, but I can tell you the 2 things which account for
about 90% of the problems I've ever seen:

1. Don't use spaces, punctuation or long strings in
   computer names.

2. Do make sure that NetBIOS is enabled over TCP/IP on
   both machines.

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