Hi
As the title says,the xp and vista are in a same local area net,but xp fails
to ping vista and the vista succees.I had shut down the both firewall,I do
not know whether other settings needed to be set exist, but I failed in
that.I want to know why
Thanks for your help in advance.

Hi
Make sure that the Software Firewall on each computer allows free local
traffic. If you use 3rd party Firewall On, Vista/XP Native Firewall should
be Off, and the active Firewall has to adjusted to your Network IP numbers
on what is some time called the Trusted Zone (consult your 3rd Party
Firewall instructions.
General example, http://www.ezlan.net/faq#trusted
Vista File and Printer Sharing-
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx
Windows XP File Sharing -
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;304040
Printer Sharing
XP -http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/honeycutt_july2.mspx
Windows Native Firewall setting for Sharing
XP -http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875357
Windows XP patch for Sharing with Vista (Not need for XP-SP3) -
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922120
Sharing between Windows XP and Mac -
http://www.realifewebdesigns.com/web...file-share.asp
When done hard reboot all network computers and the Router.
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking).

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> Hi
> As the title says,the xp and vista are in a same local area net,but xp
> fails to ping vista and the vista succees.I had shut down the both
> firewall,I do not know whether other settings needed to be set exist, but
> I failed in that.I want to know why
> Thanks for your help in advance.