Networking XP and Vista - Intermittent Connections

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Richard B

I recently upgraded from my old Windows XP computer to a new Windows
Vista. I setup a the network between the two computers and after a
little playing around I was able to get it working and was even able to
print from Vista through XP. Then for some reason it quit working.

I have been reading the posts and looking for things I could set, IE.
ports, firewall, missing protocols, etc. But I have been unable to get
the two talk talk to each other again.

I have dumped the following ipconfig and browstat commands from both the
XP and the Vista. If anyone sees something that I can fix please let me
know.

Thank you,

Richard..

*** VISTA IPCONFIG /ALL *************************

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Home
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

PPP adapter ATT Dialup:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : ATT Dialup
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . :
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 66.141.119.128(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.94.156.1
68.94.157.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Ethernet adapter Billingsley:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82562V 10/100 Platform
LAN Connect
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-D1-47-34-59
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.21.213(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

*** VISTA BROWSTAT STATUS *****************************

Status for domain BILLINGSLEY on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{C7EECEC6-56A1-4EAE-89B5-C04D987A9C39}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: OLDHORSE
Could not connect to registry, error = 53 Unable to determine
build of browser master: 53
\\\\OLDHORSE . Version:05.01 Flags: 51203 NT POTENTIAL MASTER
1 backup servers retrieved from master OLDHORSE
\\OLDHORSE
There are 2 servers in domain BILLINGSLEY on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{C7EECEC6-56A1-4EAE-89B5-C04D987A9C39}
There are 1 domains in domain BILLINGSLEY on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{C7EECEC6-56A1-4EAE-89B5-C04D987A9C39}

*** XP IPCONFIG /ALL *********************************

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : OLDHORSE
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Billingsley:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Linksys NC100 Fast Ethernet
Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-41-22-D5-40
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.100.253
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

*** XP BROWSTAT STATUS ******************************

Status for domain BILLINGSLEY on transport \Device\NwlnkNb
Browsing is active on domain.
Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus. Using
\\OLDHORSE
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master OLDHORSE
\\OLDHORSE
There are 0 servers in domain BILLINGSLEY on transport \Device\NwlnkNb
There are 1 domains in domain BILLINGSLEY on transport \Device\NwlnkNb


Status for domain BILLINGSLEY on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{BA83EFE4-69E6-4CDC-8A62-A156812A9428}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: HOME
Could not connect to registry, error = 5 Unable to determine
build of browser master: 5
Unable to determine server information for browser master: 5
1 backup servers retrieved from master HOME
\\HOME
There are 1 servers in domain BILLINGSLEY on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{BA83EFE4-69E6-4CDC-8A62-A156812A9428}
There are 0 domains in domain BILLINGSLEY on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{BA83EFE4-69E6-4CDC-8A62-A156812A9428}


Status for domain BILLINGSLEY on transport \Device\NwlnkIpx
Browsing is active on domain.
Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus. Using
\\OLDHORSE
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master OLDHORSE
\\OLDHORSE
Unable to retrieve server list from OLDHORSE: 1231
 
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Richard B

Okay, I've downloaded and installed the device on my XP computer. I
don't know if it made any difference. Here is what I have discovered.

If I boot the XP computer first then boot the Vista computer, the Vista
can see the XP, but the XP can never see the Vista.

If I boot the Vista computer first, then book the XP computer, the Vista
never sees the XP and the XP never sees the Vista.

Any other ideas or suggestions on what I can try?

Thank you,

Richard..
 

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