Is it possible to have a shared network folder on vista that windows 98 can access?

[IBMMuseum]

...FWIW, my own internal net uses 10.0.0.x addresses. That way, I know I'm not conflicting with any of the various boxes on the wire.

VisionNet DSL modem? Mine is a Class A as well. Just lock down your subnet tighter if you have to do a VPN.

...The other way to avoid that is to make a list and your own plan. I tend to avoid DHCP because I haven't got an easy way to know what IP gets picked without physically accessing the machine in question.* Perhaps that's just my ignorance, but I avoid it by using static. That said DHCP is handy for testing and guests. So I reserve 10 addresses for that...

Get a device that allows its DHCP Server functionality to set reserved IP addresses (based on the MAC address). As I identify a new device, I put it in the range for that user (transitional devices from guests have their own area), and only a certain block (mine) can administer the managed network equipment. Yeah, I put quite a bit planning into it.

...Setting up a name server for anything under 100 computers is overkill in my opinion...

Depends on how easy it is to set up, my NAS has that functionality anyway...

With all of the above, I can pick up my laptop to go between work and home, without changing anything...

 

[Chuck(G)]

VisionNet DSL modem? Mine is a Class A as well. Just lock down your subnet tighter if you have to do a VPN.

Actiontec DSL modem->USB->thin client with firewall and DNS/DHCP server (uses dnsmasq), mail server and music server->10baseT->hub+wireless AP. Thin client probably uses less than the modem. From outside, VPN is pretty much invisible.

 

[Tr3vor]

oh wow. finally, It works the way I wanted it to.

I can't even fully explain how I did it, because its like 11:42 here and I got like 5 hours of sleep last night, but my mind is blown. that wireless router I got, I just turned the DHCP and set it to a similar ip like 192.168.0.x on my laptop's ethernet card. apparently when you do internet sharing, the connection that the internet is being shared to pretty much turns on some sort of DHCP and the router was messing with it because it had its own DHCP thing going on. then I just restarted my other computers and bam. it works. My mind is blown.

I'm going to bed now.

 

[OldTimeCoder]

Exactly that. My Pentium's USB support is not that great and crashes a lot when I use my flash drive. I want to send files back and forth between my windows 98 pentium computer and my windows vista laptop via network.

What version of Vista do you have?

If you have pro or ultimate you create a user ID on the vista machine and in the share tab on the drive you want to share add that user name to the list of users.

On your win 3.11/98/xp machines you should see your vista machine and then log into it and there you are.

I had a Vista Home Premium loaded on a machine and nothing would see it, I had to upgrade to Ultimate and it worked fine, but pro should also work. That is the same with Windows 7, you will need pro or Ultimate for others to see the shared folders.

 

[Tr3vor]

I'm using Home Premium.

I'm just using my dell as a host for my stuff, putting the files I want to transfer on that, then just using the files right from that computer. That sort of fixes my space/network problems