Vista Network Issues

Hi,

I am having a very strange issue. First of all let me explain my
setup. I have two windows xp pcs and a brand new laptop installed with
Vista Home Premium! All hardware is connected to a wireless router.

The issue happened with the new laptop. Vista connected successfully
to the network and in fact I can browse the internet without issues.
>From the Vista laptop, I also can ping the router. However I can't
ping both xp machines. If I ping the host name, I receive a reply that
the host name doesn't exist. On the other hand if I ping the xp
machines with their respective IP address I get a reply. If I do a
tracert (with the ip address) to both xp machines I get the same
result. Vista will manage to get the host name. After this Vista seems
that learns the route and in fact if I ping the xp machine with its
host name, I get a reply. Strange!!

Things got more complicated since I can't ping (both with host name
and the ip address) the vista machine (also with the firewall off).
Obviously the xp machines are also connected to the same router.

The router is configured as a DHCP and it provides the Ip addresses to
the machines.

I managing to connect from Vista to the xp machine but I cannot
connect vice versa.

To confirm that its not a firewall issue, I have disabled both Vista
and xp firewalls and again no positive answer.

I have flushed the dns entries from the Vista pc. Released the ip
address and renewed. I have removed ip v6 protocol. I have done a
fixed dns entry in the ip v4 settings. Nothing happened. xp can't find
the vista machine.

I also tried to ping the vista machine from the router. The test was
successful for both the xp machines but not for the vista machine. The
ip address (ironically the one that it was provided by the router),
was not found.

Any idea of what is happening, and why I am restricted from connected
from my xp machine to the Vista machine?

Do you know if we still can file a bug reports to Microsoft, although
vista is being used by customers?

Thanks for your help
Jansen

1. if you ping host name after tracert command, this could be master browser issue.
2. If you can't ping the Vista even the firewall is off, it may have another security software. Try to boot it with safe mode, can you ping it?

These links may help,

Vista: computer browser issuebecomes the master browser, i cannot view the xp desktop icon in my vista laptop network, but like i have said earlier, can browse using \\pcname. ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/netforum...92c4ba5a7fe14f2

Vista: Can't ping because Network ...Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:09 pm Post subject: Vista: Can't ping because ... For a test, disable McAfee or other security software like Norton and OneCare. ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/netforum...topic.php?t=681



Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
<tamasumalta@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1187383106.122350.130450@a39g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
Hi,

I am having a very strange issue. First of all let me explain my
setup. I have two windows xp pcs and a brand new laptop installed with
Vista Home Premium! All hardware is connected to a wireless router.

The issue happened with the new laptop. Vista connected successfully
to the network and in fact I can browse the internet without issues.
>From the Vista laptop, I also can ping the router. However I can't
ping both xp machines. If I ping the host name, I receive a reply that
the host name doesn't exist. On the other hand if I ping the xp
machines with their respective IP address I get a reply. If I do a
tracert (with the ip address) to both xp machines I get the same
result. Vista will manage to get the host name. After this Vista seems
that learns the route and in fact if I ping the xp machine with its
host name, I get a reply. Strange!!

Things got more complicated since I can't ping (both with host name
and the ip address) the vista machine (also with the firewall off).
Obviously the xp machines are also connected to the same router.

The router is configured as a DHCP and it provides the Ip addresses to
the machines.

I managing to connect from Vista to the xp machine but I cannot
connect vice versa.

To confirm that its not a firewall issue, I have disabled both Vista
and xp firewalls and again no positive answer.

I have flushed the dns entries from the Vista pc. Released the ip
address and renewed. I have removed ip v6 protocol. I have done a
fixed dns entry in the ip v4 settings. Nothing happened. xp can't find
the vista machine.

I also tried to ping the vista machine from the router. The test was
successful for both the xp machines but not for the vista machine. The
ip address (ironically the one that it was provided by the router),
was not found.

Any idea of what is happening, and why I am restricted from connected
from my xp machine to the Vista machine?

Do you know if we still can file a bug reports to Microsoft, although
vista is being used by customers?

Thanks for your help
Jansen

On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:38:26 -0700, tamasumalta@gmail.com wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I am having a very strange issue. First of all let me explain my
>setup. I have two windows xp pcs and a brand new laptop installed with
>Vista Home Premium! All hardware is connected to a wireless router.
>
>The issue happened with the new laptop. Vista connected successfully
>to the network and in fact I can browse the internet without issues.
>>From the Vista laptop, I also can ping the router. However I can't
>ping both xp machines. If I ping the host name, I receive a reply that
>the host name doesn't exist. On the other hand if I ping the xp
>machines with their respective IP address I get a reply. If I do a
>tracert (with the ip address) to both xp machines I get the same
>result. Vista will manage to get the host name. After this Vista seems
>that learns the route and in fact if I ping the xp machine with its
>host name, I get a reply. Strange!!
>
>Things got more complicated since I can't ping (both with host name
>and the ip address) the vista machine (also with the firewall off).
>Obviously the xp machines are also connected to the same router.
>
>The router is configured as a DHCP and it provides the Ip addresses to
>the machines.
>
>I managing to connect from Vista to the xp machine but I cannot
>connect vice versa.
>
>To confirm that its not a firewall issue, I have disabled both Vista
>and xp firewalls and again no positive answer.
>
>I have flushed the dns entries from the Vista pc. Released the ip
>address and renewed. I have removed ip v6 protocol. I have done a
>fixed dns entry in the ip v4 settings. Nothing happened. xp can't find
>the vista machine.
>
>I also tried to ping the vista machine from the router. The test was
>successful for both the xp machines but not for the vista machine. The
>ip address (ironically the one that it was provided by the router),
>was not found.
>
>Any idea of what is happening, and why I am restricted from connected
>from my xp machine to the Vista machine?
>
>Do you know if we still can file a bug reports to Microsoft, although
>vista is being used by customers?
>
>Thanks for your help
>Jansen

Jansen,

Look at the NetBT setting on all computers, and make sure that it's consistent.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/07/advanced-windows-networking-using.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/...king-using.html

Then look at logs from "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all", from each
computer, and diagnose the problem. Read this article, and linked articles, and
follow instructions precisely (download browstat!):
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/...l#AskingForHelp

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.