Computers demand password on home LAN to acess shares

[UtwigMU]

Setup:

LevelOne Router, Firewall enabled, DHCP enabled

Workstation 1: XP pro
Workstation 2: Win2k (PII 333)
Workstation 3: Win98 (P 166)

They connect to internet normally.

I enabled DHCP on them and I had them all join same workgroup, all users are passwordless.

I tried setting them up as part of business networ or home network in Netork Identification wizard, but when I try to acess shares from one machine on another machine, it would demand password to connect to IP$.

Where did I go wrong?

[HomeBrewer]

For me to make XP Pro shares to work I had to create user accounts for all users with identical passwords on all three machines on my home network for file and printer sharing to work

[Tjalfe]

do you log in with the same login / password on all the machines?
I have found that windows 98 will not be able to access XP unless you use a password on login with it ( leaving the password blank is no good)