I have an XP-SP2 desktop and a Vista Home Premium laptop. I am having very frustrating network problems and would appreciate any advice offered.
1. All firewalls are OFF on both computers.
2. Vista has the following set to ON in the Network and Sharing Center: network discovery, file sharing, public folder sharing, media sharing; -- printer sharing and password protected sharing are OFF
3. XP has been setup for network sharing for a long time and interacts fine with a third computer (also XP)
4. I have a wireless network using a router. The main XP is plugged into the router with a network cable, the other XP computer and the Vista computer can all readily find and connect to the wireless network and obtain internet access
5. Both Vista and XP are members of the same workgroup and have the same subnet mask (255.255.255.0)
6. The XP does not show up at all in the Vista/Network
7. BUT the Vista's name DOES show up in XP's Network Places -- but it cannot be accessed ("network path not found")
7. If I type XP's IP address in Vista's explorer it DOES FIND and list the shared resources on the XP machine and they are fully accessible
8. BUT If I type the Vista's IP address in the XP's explorer the XP cannot find anything
9. I CAN PING the XP (by name or IP address) from the Vista, but
10. I CANNOT ping the Vista at all from the XP.
11. In desperation I installed the "Link Layer Topology Discovery (LLTD) Responder (KB922120) for Windows XP" but that didn't help.
Could anyone help me get these machines to recognize each other? I would be VERY grateful,
-Howard
1. All firewalls are OFF on both computers.
2. Vista has the following set to ON in the Network and Sharing Center: network discovery, file sharing, public folder sharing, media sharing; -- printer sharing and password protected sharing are OFF
3. XP has been setup for network sharing for a long time and interacts fine with a third computer (also XP)
4. I have a wireless network using a router. The main XP is plugged into the router with a network cable, the other XP computer and the Vista computer can all readily find and connect to the wireless network and obtain internet access
5. Both Vista and XP are members of the same workgroup and have the same subnet mask (255.255.255.0)
6. The XP does not show up at all in the Vista/Network
7. BUT the Vista's name DOES show up in XP's Network Places -- but it cannot be accessed ("network path not found")
7. If I type XP's IP address in Vista's explorer it DOES FIND and list the shared resources on the XP machine and they are fully accessible
8. BUT If I type the Vista's IP address in the XP's explorer the XP cannot find anything
9. I CAN PING the XP (by name or IP address) from the Vista, but
10. I CANNOT ping the Vista at all from the XP.
11. In desperation I installed the "Link Layer Topology Discovery (LLTD) Responder (KB922120) for Windows XP" but that didn't help.
Could anyone help me get these machines to recognize each other? I would be VERY grateful,
-Howard