[Amelia]

It did install the Netgear driver... Also, I brought the old computer downstairs & hooked both directly to the hub, in case we'd done something wrong with the connections in the wall....still doesn't work.

[SamAdams76]

Did you ever get that network going? I had the same situation as you. A new Windows XP machine and a Win98 machine. My XP came with a NIC already installed and I bought one for the Win98 machine and installed it manually. I then ran cables from each computer to a five-port hub.

I was up and running in five minutes using the XP networking wizard. XP's wizard made a floppy for me to install on the Win98 machine. I ensured that both computers had the same workgroup name and activated FILE AND PRINT SHARING on both.

I was able to share out the hard drive and ZIP drive on the old computer and map them to the XP computer. I also shared my printer to the Win98 computer as well as the Internet connection. It was so easy that I am kicking myself for not doing it earlier because I used to have to wait hours for my kids to get offline and vice versa. Now we can both be on at once!

One thing I didn't see mentioned that you might have forgotten. When you installed the NIC card on the Win98 computer, it comes with a cable that you are supposed to attach to the motherboard from the NIC. Did you do that?