Sharing between Vista, XP, Win2k on a home LAN on a LinkSys Router

[Guest]

I have a home network with 3 PCs connected into a LinkSys Wireless-G
Broadband Router and they are all on the Internet fine but I'm unable to get
them to see one another.
Vista Laptop is a Dell Inspiron E1705 connected Wirelessly
XP Desktop is a Dell Dimension 8400 connected with a cable
Win2k Desktop is a Dell Dimension XPS T700r connected with a cable

All three are on the Internet fine and all at the same time.

Vista Laptop (Wireless Adapter)
MAC = 00-19-7E-9C-19-26
IP = 192.168.1.104
Ping of Router(192.168.1.1) OK
Ping of Vista(192.168.1.104) OK (Self)
Ping of XP(192.168.1.101) FAILS
Ping of Win2k(192.168.1.102) OK

XP Desktop
MAC = 00-13-20-03-18-54
IP = 192.168.1.101
Ping of Router(192.168.1.1) OK
Ping of Vista(192.168.1.104) FAILS
Ping of XP(192.168.1.101) FAILS (Self)
Ping of Win2k(192.168.1.102) OK

Win2k Desktop
MAC = 00-50-DA-B7-9E-B4
IP = 192.168.1.102
Ping of Router(192.168.1.1) OK
Ping of Vista(192.168.1.104) FAILS
Ping of XP(192.168.1.101) FAILS
Ping of Win2k(192.168.1.102) FAILS (Self)

Where am I going wrong?

thanks - John

 

[Guest]

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx

Have a read of the above link.

Also, make sure that the 3 computers have the SAME workgroup name.
Start>Computer>right-click>properties>comp name, etc

Also, in Vista Network and Sharing:
! Network Discovery:ON
2 File Sharing:ON
3 Public folder sharing:ON (public folder in Vista is the same as Shared
Docs in XP)
4 Password protected:OFF
5 Your network now should be private.

 

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

Sound like firewall issue. For troubleshooting, try clean boot.
Windows general
How to run Windows OS with a clean boot · How to Run Windows Safe Mode
with Networking · How to setup DHCP for IP Phone How to sort programs in
Start ...
www.howtonetworking.com/Windows/windowsgeneral.htm


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