First post, by King_Corduroy
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Hey guys, this is sort of an odd one but I remember this being a problem I had back in the early 2000's and I just recreated this nightmare on accident yesterday when I set up a LAN for my vintage computers.
I currently have the following computers set up on the LAN:
1996 Packard Bell Platinum 55 (Windows 98SE)
1995 Packard Bell Legend 812CD (Windows 95C)
200x Windows XP professional custom gaming computer
I fully expected to have problems with the two Packard Bell computers since I vaguely remember Windows 95 being a pain but to my great relief I got them set up and seeing each other (File sharing and printer sharing) with minimal effort. The problem came in surprisingly with the Windows XP computer!
I hooked it up to the LAN and it just keeps saying it cannot get an IP address and therefore has limited connectivity. I got it to see the Windows 95 computer for a second but I don't remember what I did and when I rebooted it went back to complaining about no connectivity.
Get this though, BOTH of the Windows 9x computer can see each other and access files shared from each other AND they can see and access files shared on the Windows XP computer! The Windows XP computer however refuses to see the other two. 🙁
I remember having this problem before and so I'm hoping someone else can tell me exactly what went wrong. I've looked at everything in the properties and they should by all rights all be communicating freely. If I can just figure out how to get the Windows XP computer to get an IP address or whatever then they should all work.
Also games work fine between all computers even with the XP computer refusing to share files. I played Starcraft against my father yesterday and he was using the XP computer and I was using my Platinum 55.
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