XP - Vista Networking
 

I got a new laptop with windows vista and im unable to connected to my old PC with XP on it,

i connected them trough crossover cable via the ethernet card

each one of them say its connected but they cant see each other

i tried all the ways and none is working :S

any help plz

PS: abt the workgroup stuff i tried it i renamed the workgroup to be same on the computers

Re: XP - Vista Networking
 

go to your firewall settings and set the connection between the 2 pcs to "trusted" (or whatever it is called) (on both pcs). and disable windows firewall.
DONE!

Re: XP - Vista Networking
 

well i tried connecting xp-vista several times.as kingroudy said ..turn off the firewall of ur antivirus and the built-in...if u want play games then its okay u can ..if u want to share files...u need to open the network and sharing center in vista..and allow something called public sharing...then u need to specify for each pc or laptop an IP anything ..and then go to any folder and share it . if u still have probs tell me

Re: XP - Vista Networking
 

hmmm not all games at least. i.e: company of heroes didn't play before i disabled the firewall.
as for the other things, go to the network sharing center of vista and configure everything from there.

Re: XP - Vista Networking
 

eh i know man ..ma i already said inno he has to turn of the firewall..some firewalls are more sensible than others.

Re: XP - Vista Networking
 

make sure to put a password for vista if you want to share printers

Re: XP - Vista Networking
 

Re: XP - Vista Networking
 

turn off the firewalls.
test the cable:S
ping, can u? what IPs r u using?... give us more details:)

Re: XP - Vista Networking
 

I pinged the IP of the desktop from the laptop im getting 32 ms response

ping from desktop to laptop timed out

i disabled the firewalls on both computers

desktop IP: 192.158.151.12
subnet mask: 255.255.254.0

Laptop IP: 192.158.151.13
subnet mask: 255.255.0.0

Re: XP - Vista Networking
 

use 192.168.0.1 |or| 192.168.1.1
and 192.168.0.2 |or| 192.168.1.2
subnet is 255.255.255.0
try without gateways, or set each pc's gateway the same as IP of the other PC
32 ms response on cable networking is TOOOOOOOOOOOOO much.
yalla it should work now