From: jay@nospam.net   
      
   hmmm   
   on xp i'd disable the firewall totally.   
   on 98 make sure file and printer sharing are enabled.   
   First open a cmd prompt on each and see if you can ping each machine   
   from the other one.  If this goes then you have connectivity, flashing   
   lights can be deceptive.   
   If the pings are going, the firewall is disabled and 98 has file and   
   printer sharing set up it may just take a while for them to appear in   
   network neighborhood/my network places.  I can't remember how to   
   increase the rate of network refresh but it can take awhile for machines   
   to appear in network neighborhood.   
   I suggest instead, if the pings are going, type in the name of the share   
   into a browser or explorer window for example \\192.58.10.1\myshare.   
   This should go if connectivity is working and network neighborhood is   
   taking awhile to refresh   
      
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