1. Is File sharing enabled on the win98 box? I am not sure it is 'visible' without it. 2. The server is trying to find NetBIOS String ("192.168.2.2") on the network, which will fail. The followup would be to search WINS for it. If the WINS server on windows 2000 does not have that computer registered, then the machine cannot be resolved. Can you look at your wins server on 192.168.1.3 and see an entry for your win98 clients that allegedly registered with it? 3. Make sure the win98 computers are configured for wins automatically. Sometimes it is set for manual or disabled wins settings.