I have an almost exact problem my self. I can't help with getting the
computers talking (but would like to learn how you eventually manage
it - assuming that you do). I can get into the settings of my
router-modem by viewing the properties of the router protocol, in the
same way you would view the tcp/ip properties in the network settings.
You should be able to enter IP addresses etc. from there. Hope this
helps.

ljuchems@hotmail.com (Larry) wrote in message news:...
> I have a peer-peer home network with two computers connected to the
> internet. One computer is windows XP the other is Windows 98. They are
> connected to a cable modem through a Links router. Both computers can
> connect to the internet but not to each other. They are both in a
> workgroup by the same name and all the network protocols are
> configured with the correct settings. The two computers have DHCP
> configured and each are on a separate subnet with a different gateway.
> The computers can ping each other by IP address. I made an entry in
> each computers host file, but only the XP machine can ping by name. I
> would like to configure the router to assign the DHCP to each computer
> using a single Gateway address (192.168.1.1) to each and get DHCP from
> the ISP for the connection to the internet. I can't get into the
> router to configure it. I tried each Gateway address and several other
> addresses. Can anybody give me some suggestions as to how I can get
> these two computers to talk to each other or if there is a way to get
> into this router to configure it? Thanks!!
>
> Larry


if that the router provide from the ISP? if yes they usual to block
the admin service, you can try use the tools scan the ip range gether
which port open on the network