Networking Vista and XP

My old computer has XP pro. The new one has Vista Home premium. I just
bought a new router, Linksys EXZS55W. Can't get the two to talk. Is the
router incompatible? Is their a fix?
Help!!
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dean b

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/ne...e/vista_fp.mspx

Make sure that both of your computers are in the same workgroup.

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"dean" <dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E098BCA7-741B-4C23-A1F7-9A049FBE02CB@microsoft.com...
> My old computer has XP pro. The new one has Vista Home premium. I just
> bought a new router, Linksys EXZS55W. Can't get the two to talk. Is the
> router incompatible? Is their a fix?
> Help!!
> --
> dean b

Could be incompatible issue. Can they ping each other? Or this link may help,

Vista compatible issuesSome switch may not compatible with Vista – Solutions: upgrade the firmware, disable the IPv6, re-configure the speed, and setup TCP/IP manually. ...
www.chicagotech.net/vista/vistacompatible.htm


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
"dean" <dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E098BCA7-741B-4C23-A1F7-9A049FBE02CB@microsoft.com...
My old computer has XP pro. The new one has Vista Home premium. I just
bought a new router, Linksys EXZS55W. Can't get the two to talk. Is the
router incompatible? Is their a fix?
Help!!
--
dean b

On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:38:06 -0700, dean <dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>My old computer has XP pro. The new one has Vista Home premium. I just
>bought a new router, Linksys EXZS55W. Can't get the two to talk. Is the
>router incompatible? Is their a fix?
>Help!!

Try the standard Microsoft reference first.
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/evaluate/vista_fp.mspx>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/ne...e/vista_fp.mspx

Then look at issues that involve Vista and XP together.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/12/windows-xp-and-vista-on-lan-together.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/...n-together.html

And look at logs from "browstat status", "ipconfig /all", "net config server",
and "net config workstation", from each computer, so we can 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

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that is a switch and not a router. you need a router to supply DHCP
addresses to the computers on your network. what is the switch
connected to? a broadband modem? which modem?

On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:38:06 -0700, dean
<dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>My old computer has XP pro. The new one has Vista Home premium. I just
>bought a new router, Linksys EXZS55W. Can't get the two to talk. Is the
>router incompatible? Is their a fix?
>Help!!
--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/...rts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/