Networking with Vista...

[Cosmin]

Hello,

I have a very strange situation: I have 2 laptops (Toshiba A200 series
-Vista Home Premium; Asus Z83C-XP SP2, both with wifi device incorporated).
The problem, in fact the problems: The Asus laptop is connected wired to
internet and I want to connect to internet the Toshiba laptop through Asus by
WiFi. For that I created an ad-hoc, I made/install all the things possible
(KBs) that I’ve found and nothing happens. The Vista see the in the list of
wireless network the ad-hoc from XP but...
And then I connected the Vista to the internet by cable. Of course, it's
working, but surprise: Yahoo Messenger can't connect, Windows Mail can't
connect, Windows Live Messenger can't connect,... I have to mention that in
the firewall allow these applications to communicate. I've deactivated the
firewall, the result? Nothing works except Internet Explorer. By Internet
Explorer I've connected at a Plesk admin panel to the port 8443 and it works.
For example when the Messengers tries to connect in the -netstat- there
aren't information regarding a domain or a server to connect.

Can somebody give me a response why Vista cannot do some basic tasks for a
super technology like this much appreciated OS?

Any suggestions would be welcome!

Thank you a lot,

Cosmin

 

[Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)]

Is the network location public or private? Also post the result of ipconfig
/all on ICS host may help.

--
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

 

[Cosmin]

Hello Robert,
First of all thank you for your attention:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : vivarius
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
Networ
k Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-18-DE-DD-F7-3E

Ethernet adapter InternetMyIP:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8168/8111 PCI-E
Gigabit E
thernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1A-92-BF-E7-0D
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.224
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, April 24, 2008 1:44:28
PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, May 01, 2008 1:44:28 PM

Legend:
Realtek: for Asus wired connected to the internet modem
Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG : for Toshiba (Vista) Wireless connection to
Asus (I would like)

It's a private network. The IP 192.168.1.224 is obtained automatically (due
the resindence ISP where i'm leaving)

Thank you a lot for your reply.

Cosmin