On the xp machine with the router, if I put an rj45 cable from the router to the win 98 machine, shouldn't I be able to share files? Does anyone know and perhaps at least help me do that before I might have to wind up just taking this stuff back? I don't know but maybe it has to do with the fact that the old pc is win98 and not win98SE. Don't know. Re-Na Hanson / Arkansas USA Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.