Can't ping Vistas Box

Posted: 01-08-2008, 11:04 PM

Rob

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All, I cant ping my vista box from XP on the same wireless network. If I
disable my wireless on Vista, wait a few, then enable it, the XP box can ping
it about 3 times, but then it stops. What setting is preventing me from
pinging it.

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Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)

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Re: Can't ping Vistas Box

Posted: 01-09-2008, 01:20 AM

Have you enable file and printer sharing on the Vista?

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"Rob" <Rob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> All, I cant ping my vista box from XP on the same wireless network. If I
> disable my wireless on Vista, wait a few, then enable it, the XP box can
> ping
> it about 3 times, but then it stops. What setting is preventing me from
> pinging it.

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