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swhockey98 · 04-16-2006, 03:52 PM

On the win 98 machine under network neighborhood it says the network is down. I checked both machines (98 and XP) and they both have the same workgroup name. Yes, i made sure the XP machine and printer was on while trying to set up the network printer. The 98 machine connects only to one PC in the same workgroup name, but not another one. Does the windows firewall need to be off to have another PC connect to its printer?

On the XP computer i did select "sharing" for the printer, but it still won't connect. The only machine that I can connect to I can ping, but i cant ping the XP machine that I need to network the printer to. :-(

04-16-2006, 03:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
swhockey98 New Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 3	On the win 98 machine under network neighborhood it says the network is down. I checked both machines (98 and XP) and they both have the same workgroup name. Yes, i made sure the XP machine and printer was on while trying to set up the network printer. The 98 machine connects only to one PC in the same workgroup name, but not another one. Does the windows firewall need to be off to have another PC connect to its printer? On the XP computer i did select "sharing" for the printer, but it still won't connect. The only machine that I can connect to I can ping, but i cant ping the XP machine that I need to network the printer to. :-( Last edited by swhockey98; 04-16-2006 at 03:56 PM.