Vista Networking/File Sharing

[Andre Petropoulos]

I recently purchased a Toshiba running 32bit Vista. On my network
have 2 vista laptops (1 old & 1 new), and 1 XP desktop. After spendin
countless hours trying to get my new Vista to see my XP on the network
I decided to see what would happen if I tried to set up my older Vist
laptop. After changing the workgroup name and restarting on my olde
Vista, both my XP machine and my new Vista machine are visible to th
network. The old Vista has access to my XP machine, but even though i
can see my new Vista it can't access it.

My new Vista cannot see any other computer on the network other tha
itself. File sharing, network discovery, etc are on. It cannot locat
other computers even when all my firewalls are disabled. I am able t
ping my XP computer but not my other Vista. I have spent all my fre
time over the past two days trying to figure out why my new Vista can'
share files on the network.

Help

 

[Mick Murphy]

Some info below for you.

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

Have a read of the above link re Vista File and Printer Sharing.

Permissions/Share info is there as well.

If using Norton, McAfee, Trend Micro I.S., make sure file and printer
sharing is enabled in THEIR firewall (or LAN allowed, depending on how their
Exceptions are worded in their Firewall)

1st thing to do is make sure that the Workgroup Name of ALL the computers is
the SAME.

In Vista Network and Sharing:

Network Discovery: ON (So it can see the other computers)

Network set to Private (Public is for hotspots, airports, etc)

File Sharing: ON

Public Folder Sharing: ON (Vista’s Public Folder is the same as XP’s Shared
Docs)

Password Protected: OFF (unless you want to set up identical usernames and
passwords on ALL computers in your Network) If you have it ON, and no
identical usernames/passwords, you will be asked for a username and password
when you try to access a Vista computer from an XP computer, or a Vista
computer.

Also, run the XP’s Home or Small Office Network File and Printer Sharing
Wizard, even if you had an XP Network set up prior to adding a Vista computer
to it(redoing the Wizard seems to work for XP machines!).

In “My Network Placesâ€: “Set up a Home or Small Office Networkâ€
OR under Accessories > Communications > Network Setup Wizard > Allow File
and Printer Sharing.

 

[Uys Scholtz]

Andre I found that if you make the default gateway of the vista laptop the ip address of the Xp pc it works. And in the network and sharing control panel make sure where it says unidentified network click cistomize and select private netowrk.

 

[Malke]

Andre I found that if you make the default gateway of the vista laptop the
ip address of the Xp pc it works. And in the network and sharing control
panel make sure where it says unidentified network click cistomize and
select private netowrk.

Two devices on the network cannot have the same IP address. Furthermore, the
OP has a router which acts as the gateway. There would be no point in
making another computer the gateway. This would only impede Internet
connectivity and do nothing to solve the sharing issue.

Yes, the OP should make the Local Area Network private.

Malke