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This can be approached from various angles or levels:
physical: are you able or have you ever tested the cables & hub and cards?

Next: are the network cards intstalled properly under win95/98 - that means
going into control panel, setup and being sure under network there are no
yellow exclamation points - AND WATCH OUT FOR THE YELLOW QUESTION MARK -
THERE COULD BE A DUPLICATE DETECTION OF THE NETWORK CARD HIDDING THERE ON
EITHER tMACHINE - THAT WILL OFTEN BLOCK THE CARD FROM WORKING.

Next: protocols both machines must have a common protocol installed: like
NetBEUI, ipx/spx, or tcp/ip.  Start with NetBEUI on each machine it is much
easier to work with than tcp/ip and doesn't interfear with your dial
connection to the internet.

Next: remember this valuable command:  start button, run, \\computername
this will bring up a computers shares even if the computer name does not
appear in Network Neighborhood.

Also, I am real new to 98 so try a friends laptop or pc both running win95.
You are in the tough spot I was once in: you haven't tested any components
on a live working network yet so you dont know where to look.

TIP: DON SAVE MONEY BY USING OLD JUNC 16 BIT ISA NETWORK CARDS - IT JUST
MAKES THINGS HARDER - DRIVERS ARE OUT OF DATE, ETC USE NEW FRESH EQUIPMENT.

good luck pac.

Regis Saleur wrote in message <6spq4m$6vp$1@minus.oleane.net>...
>I have a desktop pc with ethernet card running W98, and a laptop with
PCMCIA
>ethernet card running W95.
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>Both are connected to each other thru a hub.
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>But I don't manage to have them see each other.
>
>Client for Microsoft Networks is installed + File sharing
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>Same domain (WORKGROUP) declared for the both.
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>What is wrong?
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