Netoworking Friken Vista and Xp

**FTO King** · 18-09-08, 10:12 PM

Hi there ih ave vista ultimate 64bit and xp 32bit and for the last day i have been trying to network them and i just cant get it to work at all.i have read every thing on the internet and nothing works at all im going crazyyyyy i have a ethernet cable connected from the ethernet port on the vista machine to the one on the xp machine and disabled every bit of security and yet nothing works i cant see the xp machine on my vista computer.....What do i do??

**jimbo123** · 18-09-08, 11:51 PM

That cable is a crossover one - yes ?

**rob916** · 19-09-08, 07:51 AM

As jimbo says, most important. Also must be on the same workgroup.
Can they ping each other?

**porkop** · 19-09-08, 10:20 AM

and have the same ip address range

**Chimp** · 19-09-08, 04:19 PM

the wrokgroup thing caught me out.

**Studio1** · 19-09-08, 06:10 PM

I bet it's not a crossover cable ...

**rob916** · 19-09-08, 08:28 PM

ditto

18-09-08, 10:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
FTO King Senior Member iTrader: (0) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 189 Spent time on board: 1 Day and 9:42:30	Netoworking Friken Vista and Xp Hi there ih ave vista ultimate 64bit and xp 32bit and for the last day i have been trying to network them and i just cant get it to work at all.i have read every thing on the internet and nothing works at all im going crazyyyyy i have a ethernet cable connected from the ethernet port on the vista machine to the one on the xp machine and disabled every bit of security and yet nothing works i cant see the xp machine on my vista computer.....What do i do??

19-09-08, 07:51 AM	#3 (permalink)
rob916 Premium Member iTrader: (5) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Victoria Posts: 535 Spent time on board: 1 Week, 6 Days and 8:49:15	As jimbo says, most important. Also must be on the same workgroup. Can they ping each other? __________________ Vista SUCKS

19-09-08, 08:28 PM	#7 (permalink)
rob916 Premium Member iTrader: (5) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Victoria Posts: 535 Spent time on board: 1 Week, 6 Days and 8:49:15	ditto __________________ Vista SUCKS

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18-09-08, 11:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
jimbo123 Premium Member iTrader: (5) Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Melbourne Posts: 337 Spent time on board: 3 Weeks, 2 Days and 16:24:20	That cable is a crossover one - yes ?

19-09-08, 10:20 AM	#4 (permalink)
porkop Premium Member iTrader: (2) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 447	and have the same ip address range

19-09-08, 04:19 PM	#5 (permalink)
Chimp Senior Member iTrader: (0) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 244 Spent time on board: 6 Days and 13:52:39	the wrokgroup thing caught me out.

19-09-08, 06:10 PM	#6 (permalink)
Studio1 Senior Member iTrader: (0) Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Inside the toaster Posts: 470 Spent time on board: 3 Days and 5:56:00	I bet it's not a crossover cable ...

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