Linux box not listed in WinXP Network places.

[pappygoodwill]

Okay, I know the two are aware of each other because I can ping both. I can gateway through XP to the 'net with Konquerer and Lynx. When I try telnet, I get "Connection actively refused."
On installation I selected "Use DHCP" to configure IP address.
WinXP assigned the name of "localhost.mshome.net" and IP of 192.168.0.98. This is what I've done:

/etc/resolve.conf
domain mshome.net
nameserver 192.168.0.1 #IP of XP box
search mshome.net

/etc/sysconfig/network
NETWORKING=yes
FORWARD_IPV4=false
DHCP_HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain
HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain
DOAMINNAME=localdomain
GATEWAY=192.168.0.1 #XP box
GATEWAYDEV=eth0


/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
IPADDR=192.168.0.98
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=192.168.0.0
BROADCST=192.168.0.255
ONBOOT=yes

/etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
192.168.0.1 her_pc.mshome.net #XP box name
255.255.255.0 192.168.0.0

/etc/host.conf
order hosts,bind
multi on

/etc/hosts.allow
her_pc.mshome.net

What else do I need to do?

[jetblackz]

Shouldn't you at least install a LAN protocal that works on both? i.e. Samba. If you network Windows boxes, you would use NETBIOS or NETBEUI, for example.

In addition, remove or disable firewall on XP.

[DMR]

As jetblackz said, at the very least you will need to install Samba (http://www.samba.org) on the Linux box in order for it to interoperate with Windows SMB/CIFS file and print sharing protocol. Install the Samba client if you only need to access shared folders on the Win box; install the Samba server if you also want to serve/share files and folders from the Linux box. You'll obviously need to have file and print sharing services enabled on the Win box, and I'd also highly suggest installing Linneighborhood (http://www.bnro.de/~schmidjo/) on the Linux box; it's the Linux equivalent of Window's Network Neighborhood/Network Places.

As for the "connection actively refused" when telnetting, do as jetblackz suggested and check/modify/disable any firewalling that might be active on either box.