Can Vista Home Premium network with Win 98?

[Guest]

Hi,

I have just bought a new laptop that was supplied with Windows Vista Home
Premium. I have added it to a wireless network so that I can transfer data
from my old laptop, which is running Windows 98 (not SE).

Both laptops can access the Internet via the router but neither laptop can
see the other. I have enabled file sharing on both laptops.

I even tried to connect the laptops together using an ad-hoc network. Still
no joy.

So I am left wondering whether these two operating sytems can network at all.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Nick

 

[Robert L [MVP - Networking]]

They should. If turn off the firewall, can you ping each other by IP? Or this link may help,

Networking between Vista and othersJust added a new Vista (Home Premium) computer to my peer to peer network (2 Win XP Pro computers, 1 Win 98 computer, 1 Mac OSX computer). All computers . ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/vista/vista&others.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
Hi,

I have just bought a new laptop that was supplied with Windows Vista Home
Premium. I have added it to a wireless network so that I can transfer data
from my old laptop, which is running Windows 98 (not SE).

Both laptops can access the Internet via the router but neither laptop can
see the other. I have enabled file sharing on both laptops.

I even tried to connect the laptops together using an ad-hoc network. Still
no joy.

So I am left wondering whether these two operating sytems can network at all.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Nick

 

[Guest]

Hi Robert,

Thanks for your reply. I will check out the links you have provided and do
the ping tests.

I have a question regarding "the firewall". Until I purchased my new laptop,
I considered my router's firewall was adequate and never had any problems --
ie my old laptop has no firewall. My new laptop has now added a further two
firewalls into the equation -- the one built into Vista and the one provided
by Norton Protection Center. Should I have all three enabled?

When I try to set up an ad-hoc network, I turn off the router -- so that's
one less firewall to worry about. I will turn off the Vista and Norton
firewalls in my new laptop and see if this helps to establish a working
ad-hoc network.

Thanks for your help.

Nick

 

[Guest]

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/evaluate/vista_fp.mspx

The above might help. You have to make sure the Workgroup name is the same
for both computers; and in Vista go to Network sharing, to make sure network
discovery, file sharing is turned on ; passowrd protect is turned off.

 

[Guest]

Thanks, Mick, I didn't know the two laptops had to be in the same workgroup;
I will try that. The other things you mentioned have already been set up that
way.

Many thanks for your help.

Nick

 

[Guest]

UPDATE
---------

I put both laptops into the same workgroup and I now have some connectivity.
The Vista laptop can access the files on the Win 98 laptop but not the other
way round. That's OK as all I want to do is transfer the data from my old Win
98 laptop to my new Vista laptop.

I will now mark up this thread as "question answered". Thanks to everyone
for their help.

Nick