Networking Win 98 and Win XP

Hi, I'm having a little trouble networking my two PC's together on a Wireless network. I'd like to be able to use the Internet Connection Sharing features, but I can't seem to get it to work. I've got in a mess, so I'm trying to just start from scratch - I've uninstalled everything, and have a blank slate with which to work with.

The PC with the direct connection to the internet is running Windows 98 SE, while the PC which will use the connection is running Windows XP.

I have a Broadband connection with Freeserve. The network adaptors I am using are 11Mbps WiFi compliant (IEEE 802.11b) PCI cards. I haven't had any problems installing them with the correct drivers - it's when I try to set up the network that problems start.

Can I please have a step-by-step guide on how to do this? All I can find elsewhere is how to network when both computers have the same OS. Thankyou

Nice username

Firstly, since I presume that the Internet is working on the the 98 computer, you need to install Internet Connection Sharing. If you open Add/remove programs from the Control Panel, you should see a listing somewhere for it. I'm not of the exact location, but it should be there somewhere.

Do both PCs have Wi-Fi PCI cards? In that case you'd have to use "Ad-hoc" mode in the wireless adapter configuration as opposed to "Infrastructure", which requires a router.

Hi guys, thanks yeh, they are both WiFi PCI cards, so I guess I will have to use Ad Hoc...

New problem :/ I uninstalled everything I'd installed, and the Internet stopped working. It dials up and connects and everything - the Connected icon appears in the tray - but it won't download anything. I forget exactly what it comes up with in IE (I'm on the net at work) but it's one of those "Page cannot be displayed" or something. any ideas? :/

Perhaps it's a DNS problem. Can you browse to http://66.102.9.104?