</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Both my wifes computer and my computer are on dialup accounts.. however.. I'm guessing dynamic IP.
Would it help if I set static IP?
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By George, I'm guessin' you've figgered it out... /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Dial-up uses it's own IP configuration. Both the laptop and PC have separate IP configs for their respective adaptors (wireless for the laptop, ethernet for the desktop.) Here's what I'd do:
- Set both adaptors to a static, non-routable IP address on the same network, i.e. 192.168.1.10 and 192.168.1.20. Use 255.255.255.0 for the subnet. Don't worry about DNS or gateway settings - you can leave them blank. Note: Don't touch the IP config for the dial-up connections, they should remain DHCP.
- After doing so and rebooting the Win98 box (no reboot necessary on XP), make sure you can ping between them. I'm assuming you know what this means...if not, let us know. If you can't ping between them, don't go any further - you need this to work before anything else will.
- Make sure the Windows workgroup name is the same on both computers.
After doing the above and going through any necessary reboots, the boxes should be able to see each other.
Sorry for the generic instructions - I don't recall the step-by-step methods for Win98 IP configuration or workgroup settings, it's been ages since I've dealt with it.
