This will be a quickest method to do a peer to peer networking between 2 pcs.
Things Required.
2 PCI or Onboard Ethernet ports
1 RJ45 Cross Cable (Available in the Market, Readily Crimped)
Win 98 OS
Network Settings.
Make sure u add the following in the Network Settings in Control Panel
Install The Driver for the Ethernet Adapter and that will add it up in the adapter listing in the network settings
Now add TCP/IP Protocol
Now Add File/Print Sharing Services
Make sure in TCP/IP Settings, you specify the IP addresses as follows
10.0.0.1 for client A and 10.0.0.2 for Client B
Subnet mask must be 255.255.255.0 for both clients
Make sure the workgroup specified are the same for both the machines
Reboot both the machines
And if everything is proper, both IPs must ping each other.