Hi. I am having a problem connecting Vista with an XP network. The vista
machine is not seeing any of the XP machines but can ping the IP of the xp
machines. The xp machines can see the vista machine but cannot access it or
ping the ip.

They are both on the same subnet mask and workgroup.

If anyone has a solution could you please let me know.

Thanks

Have you enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP? this troubleshooting may help,

Vista issuesTroubleshooting Vista Network Issues. Vista Troubleshooting
Collections ... Step by step troubleshooting . ... Troubleshooting Vista
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http://www.chicagotech.net/vista/vistanetissues.htm


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"Scott M" Scott wrote in message
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Hi. I am having a problem connecting Vista with an XP network. The vista
machine is not seeing any of the XP machines but can ping the IP of the xp
machines. The xp machines can see the vista machine but cannot access it
or
ping the ip.

They are both on the same subnet mask and workgroup.

If anyone has a solution could you please let me know.

Thanks

On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 03:22:04 -0700, Scott M Scott
wrote:

Hi. I am having a problem connecting Vista with an XP network. The vista
machine is not seeing any of the XP machines but can ping the IP of the xp
machines. The xp machines can see the vista machine but cannot access it or
ping the ip.

They are both on the same subnet mask and workgroup.

If anyone has a solution could you please let me know.

Thanks

To setup a Vista server, you have to
* Set the Network Location Type to "Private". This implies that your
computers are secure, behind a perimeter firewall or a NAT router, and opens the
personal firewall for file sharing.
* Check / set "Password protected sharing" (PPS). Disabling PPS is the
equivalent of enabling Simple File Sharing, in Windows XP.
* Setup shared folders and printers. If you enabled PPS, you should setup
access for individual users. If you disabled PPS, you setup access for "Guest"
or "Everyone".
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/evaluate/vista_fp.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/net.../vista_fp.mspx

Other than the setup wizards, Vista will be basically like XP. You'll still have
issues with Windows Networking, if not properly set.
* Put all computers in the same workgroup.
* Make sure that NetBT is Enabled consistently.
* Make sure that all personal firewalls are properly setup.
* Make sure that name resolution is consistently setup.
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/12/windows-xp-and-vista-on-lan-together.html
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/1...-together.html

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