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Old 28-06-2007, 10:42 AM   #1
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I have a home network based on wireless modem/router with 3 win xp computers
and network printer. My network works properly, every computer has internet
access, can use my printer. Lastly I tried to connect a vista laptop but
without any success and I have completely no idea what is wrong. When I
connect to the router status of the connectivity is "connected with limited
access". I can browse the internet but there is no connectivity to the
network. I already tried cable connectivity (vista - router), no network at
all. it may be a problem with my router (Philips) which is not "compatible"
with vista.

I tried as well to directly connect xp and vista laptops, they can't see
each other. It worked before with 2 XPs.

Any ideas?
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Old 28-06-2007, 03:53 PM   #2
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On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:42:03 -0700, Piotr <Piotr@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>I have a home network based on wireless modem/router with 3 win xp computers
>and network printer. My network works properly, every computer has internet
>access, can use my printer. Lastly I tried to connect a vista laptop but
>without any success and I have completely no idea what is wrong. When I
>connect to the router status of the connectivity is "connected with limited
>access". I can browse the internet but there is no connectivity to the
>network. I already tried cable connectivity (vista - router), no network at
>all. it may be a problem with my router (Philips) which is not "compatible"
>with vista.
>
>I tried as well to directly connect xp and vista laptops, they can't see
>each other. It worked before with 2 XPs.
>
>Any ideas?


Try connecting the Vista laptop by Ethernet. If you're getting "Limited or no
connectivity" from a Vista computer connected by Ethernet, but not from XP
computers, you need to check your DHCP client.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/12/windows-xp-and-vista-on-lan-together.html#Connectivity>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/...ml#Connectivity

If the problem goes away when connected by Ethernet, then you need to check the
Vista WiFi client. Just start by narrowing down the diagnosis.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/...s-tutorial.html

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Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
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