Hi,

I managed to get my PC to communicate but only one way. I have
connected via an ethernet cat5 cable. I am also running McAfee on both
PCs. I can get the XP to talk to the Vista machine but not the other
way round. I managed to copy files from the XP to Vista with no real
hitches. However, when in vista and trying to open up the shared view of
the XP PC I get unable to communicate. Error message says tried to ping
IP Address but got no response.

The firewals are set up to enable file sharing for both with no
password protection etc.

Can anybody help.


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MikeG

On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:08:11 -0500, MikeG wrote:


Hi,

I managed to get my PC to communicate but only one way. I have
connected via an ethernet cat5 cable. I am also running McAfee on both
PCs. I can get the XP to talk to the Vista machine but not the other
way round. I managed to copy files from the XP to Vista with no real
hitches. However, when in vista and trying to open up the shared view of
the XP PC I get unable to communicate. Error message says tried to ping
IP Address but got no response.

The firewals are set up to enable file sharing for both with no
password protection etc.

Can anybody help.

Mike,

When you say "firewals are set up to enable file sharing", which firewalls are
you mentioning? Check McAfee carefully for anti-worm components which may need
configuration.
http://networking.nitecruzr.net/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html
http://networking.nitecruzr.net/2005...ther-help.html

And check for LSP / Winsock corruption, on both computers.
http://networking.nitecruzr.net/2005/05/problems-with-lsp-winsock-layer-in.html
http://networking.nitecruzr.net/2005...-layer-in.html

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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://networking.nitecruzr.net/

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx

Have a read of the above link re Vista File and Printer Sharing.

Permissions/Share info is there as well.

If using Norton, McAfee, Trend Micro I.S., make sure file and printer
sharing is enabled in THEIR firewall .(LAN allowed)

1st thing to do is make sure that the Workgroup Name of ALL the computers is
the SAME.

In Vista Network and Sharing:

Network Discovery: ON (So it can see the other computers)

Network set to Private (Public is for hotspots, airports, etc)

File Sharing: ON

Public Folder Sharing: ON (Vista’s Public Folder is the same as XP’s Shared
Docs)

Password Protected: OFF (unless you want to set up identical usernames, and
passwords (they can be different) on ALL computers in your Network). If you
have it ON, you will be asked for a username and password when you try to
access a Vista computer from an XP computer, or a Vista Computer.

Also, If you haven’t done so already, run XP’s Network Setup Wizard (in
Start All Programs Accessories Communications), and tell the Wizard to
enable File and Printer Sharing.
Or Start Control Panel Network Connections Set up a Home or Small
Office Network.

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Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"MikeG" wrote:


Hi,

I managed to get my PC to communicate but only one way. I have
connected via an ethernet cat5 cable. I am also running McAfee on both
PCs. I can get the XP to talk to the Vista machine but not the other
way round. I managed to copy files from the XP to Vista with no real
hitches. However, when in vista and trying to open up the shared view of
the XP PC I get unable to communicate. Error message says tried to ping
IP Address but got no response.

The firewals are set up to enable file sharing for both with no
password protection etc.

Can anybody help.


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MikeG

Had the same problem. After going though numerous blogs, forums, tech
support, etc., i finally was able to resolve the issue on my own simply
by correctly configuring the McAfee firewall settings on the XP machine.

From the McAfee console, select -Internet and Network- and click on
configure.
Click on Advanced and, in the -Firewall- column, click on -Networks.-
Make sure you have the IP Address and/or range configured as -Trusted.-


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dundat