Newt

Your the big shot on both sites I see. I'm impressed. I use both at times and have always been pleased with the people who respond. And again I appreciate your quick response but I have to ask. Is it not possible to do the following.

XP machine already has its nic for the dsl modem but would need another nic for the 98 machine to connect into. Install netbeui on both machines and enable file and print sharing. Or is this too easy to be true ? On the 98 machine uncheck bindings to tcp/ip and check bindings for netbeui and basically the same on the XP machine for the 2nd nic card.

Again there are only the 2 machines and security really is not an issue.

Again your knowledge is appreciated.