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Dear all,

I've trouble when try to connect a printer on win2k from win98. The win98 pc not same subnet with win2k pc, but from win98 i can ping win2k. what should i do to connect share printer on win2k from win98. please help

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Quick, practical checks to get a Win98 client printing to a Win2000 share when the machines are on different subnets (for ). This builds on and without repeating earlier points.

First, browsing/sharing discovery relies on NetBIOS broadcasts and often fails across routers. Bypass browse problems by connecting directly to the server with a UNC path or IP. From the Win98 machine try these to verify and (temporarily) map the printer:

net view \\192.168.1.10
net use LPT1 \\192.168.1.10\PrinterShare

If that works but browsing doesn't, consider WINS or an LMHOSTS entry so NetBIOS names resolve across subnets.

Second, driver and server-side setup. The Win2000 print server must have the appropriate Windows 95/98 drivers installed under the printer’s Sharing/Additional Drivers so the client can download them. If the server lacks the 9x driver the Win98 client will fail to connect even though the share exists.

Third, networking/security blockers. Ensure SMB/NetBIOS ports are allowed through any router/firewall between subnets: UDP 137/138 and TCP 139 and 445. Temporarily disable firewalls on both ends to test. Also check the Win2000 Local Security Policy if authentication fails — older Win98 clients may require allowing LM/NTLM responses (adjust LAN Manager authentication level) — but note the security tradeoff.

Useful diagnostics: use nbtstat -A <IP> to check NetBIOS name responses and check the Win2000 Event Viewer (System/Application) for print or security errors. If these steps fail, capture the exact error text shown on Win98 and the server event log entries for targeted next steps.

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#1 make sure you have the exact same user name and password for the win98 machine on the win2k machine (win2k allows you to logon as diffrent users)

#2 make sure win98 is in the same domain or workgroup as the win2k server

#3 give the printer a share name!!!

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Duy, do you know how to do this?

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thnks for your suggest guys.
1. The win98 pc have the same domain with win2k but not the same subnet
2. I don't think the use the same user name on both win98 and win2k. The printer already share to everyone.
3. Of course give a sharename to printer.

Any others suggests

THnsk

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Check Local groups and users again and the networking config. I can't think of anything else srry..

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