Network Communcation Errors

[candrid]

Okay heres the deal, I have had NO luck with this.

I have 3 machines on my home network. One machine is a WindowsXP Home, one is Windows 2000, and one is windows 98.

I have a linksys router for my cable modem, it has 4 ports.
My cable modem is also from linksys.

Now all 3 of my computers get access to the internet.. although I cannot see any of the other machines on my network at all. I was going to access shared folders.. but it dosent work.

Another thing.. say I want to run a lan game of Halflife..
none of the other machines can see.. the game.. no matter which machine hosts... can anyone help me please?

Im really frustrated and I would hate to see myself having wasting all this money.

Thanks in advance all.
-Michael. --"Hello Microsoft? Yeah this is Mike again.. now it says: "Hit any key when ready..." My question is: "Where's the "any key"? Is my keyboard broken..?

 

[mithrilhall]

I have the same setup at home:

Linksys 4 port Cable/DSL router/switch
Linksys Cable Modem
1 Windows XP Professional Computer
1 Dual Boot Windows 2000/Linux computer


This is what you should do:

===For Windows XP and 2000===
Right-click on "My Computer" and choose "Properties". Go to the "Network Identification" tab and click "Properties" and make sure all of your computers belong to the same "Workgroup".

===For Windows 98(I think)===
Right-click on "Network Neighborhood" and choose "Properties" and make sure it belongs to the same "Workgroup" as the other computers. (I think Windows 2000 and 98 have problems seeing each other on the network but I'll look this up for you)


Next:
Go into your router and shut off DHCP and then assign static IPs to your computers.

===For Windows XP and 2000===
Right-click on "Network Places" and choose "Properties". Right-click "Local Area Connection" and choose "Properties". Click "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" and click "Properties". Click "Use the following IP Address" (if it's not already selected). Assign the IP addresses of 192.168.1.2 through 192.168.1.4 for your three computers (192.168.1.1 is for your router as you probably know). Subnetmask should be 255.255.255.0 and you can put 192.168.1.1 as your "Default Gateway". You should have some paperwork with information that the cable company left with your DNS server IP addresses. If you don't have them call your ISP and get them and put them in.
===For Windows 98(If I remember correctly)===
Right-click "Network Neighborhood" and choose "Properties". Select the "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" next to your Ethernet card and choose properties and change the same information as I posted in the Windows 2000/XP section above.




Post back and let me know if this helped at all.

 

[mithrilhall]

Also, this site might help

http://www.wown.com/