XP to 98 networking????

Okay guys let me know if you've done this.  I've got a Win 98 box I use for just about everything.  Me and my wife got a new dell Inspiron 8100 laptop.  It's running XP and I cannot get 98 drivers from dell for it.  So I'll have a mixed network no big deal.  I can ping either box with no problem.  I just can't see them on network neighborhood.  I installed some crap of off the XP CD and then it worked fine.  Just then all the crap I Installed started hitting Zone Alarm and trying to get on the internet.  After my latest format and full install I'm not doing that again but is there any other way to network them without going through all of the XP crap.  By the way I'm running XP PRO.  Thanks.