XP - 98SE - 2k networking issues

[metroplex]

If I use my XP machine to access shared resources in my 98 SE machine, it takes forever.

If I use my 98 SE machine to look into my 2k Pro and XP pro machines, it takes less than 1 second.

What's going on? Does XP suck this much?

 

[yadda]

I have not tried this first hand here goes.....

Here is an excerpt from a good XP article:

Also, XP can be slow when trying to access a computer using Windows 98 Second Edition. Accessing an XP machine from a Windows 98SE machine is almost instantaneous. In contrast XP takes as long as 30 seconds just to find and show a drive?s contents in Explorer over the network. This can be attributed to the fact that when browsing network resources, XP (and Win2K) will always try to find shared printers and shared scheduled tasks on the computer/server you connect to. To improve performance, disable this setting in the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace

Article in MCP Mag

good luck.
Y

 

[metroplex]

Thanks but its still a no go.

Its just as slow as before.

 

[renorocks]

This worked for me:
1) uncheck / Disable "simple networking"
control panel / folder options / view / scroll to the bottom

2) assign static IP addresses as opposed to DHCP on your network

3) Make a network disk "floppy" from the network wizard in xp

4) load this executable file on your 98 sytem

You may have to reset your static ip adressing in xp after you make the network wizard's disk

Let me know how it turns out

J

 

[metroplex]

I have a router that does the IP assigning (DHCP Server) - would this affect it?