Problem networking XP & Vista

[jack99]

My configuration:
Established PC running XP Home SP2
New Laptop with Vista Home Premium
Netgear Router with ADSL modem, Wireless access point & Ethernet switch
What I can do:
Access the internet from both machines
Share files both ways using Net Use
From Laptop apparently access printer on old PC using Net Use but it does
not work
What I cannot do
Access the other PC (either way) by browsing (but I did on one occasion)
Print from the laptop to to a printer attached to the old PC; on the laptop
the document status is shown as "Error - Sent to printer" while nothing
appears to occur on the the old PC.
Any suggestions?

 

[Jack \(MVP-Networking\).]

Hi
Install the printer Drivers on the laptop through the add networked printer
process.
Jack (MVP-Networking).

 

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

If you can do the net use but not browser, it could be the computer browser
issue. What's the system error, if you use net view command? For example,
net view \\remotepcipaddress first and then net view \\remotepchostname.

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[jack99]

Jack, thank you for your interest. I did what you suggested and it changed
the problem. This time it went down a black hole; as viewed on the Lap Top
it appeared to print but nothing was seen on the old PC.

 

[jack99]

Robert, thank you. All the Net View commands worked without error. In each
case they listed the target machine's shares and when it was by name the user
machines name for those resources was also listed.

 

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

If you can net view without problem, you may want to try LLTD. This post may
help.

Troubleshoot computers not ...Feb 18, 2007 ... Vista uses the LLTD protocol
to map computers and devices on a network. The Link Layer Topology Discovery
(LLTD) protocol is disabled on the ...
www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?t=366


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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

 

[jack99]

Thank you for the suggestion. I have checked all the points in your posting
and eliminated all except my router which I have no means of bypassing.