Mixed XP/Vista Home network problems

On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:52:00 -0700, Deanis <Deanis@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>Hi. I have a D-Link EBR 2310 router and two PCs hooked up to it. One is
>running XP and the other Vista Ultimate. The problem is that the Vista PC can
>access the XP PC (it recognizes the XP PC as on the network and can access
>files from it), but not the other way around. In fact, the XP PC does not
>show another computer hooked up to the network at all. Both cpomputers are on
>the "WORKGROUP" workgroup. I have also enabled "network Discovery" on the
>Vista PC.
>
>Possibly related: There is also an xbox360 hooked up to the router. The
>Vista computer recognizes the xbox as connected to the network, but the XP PC
>does not show any sign of it (siomlilar to how it does not show any
>connection to the Vista PC).
>
>I have had the XP PC networked with other XP PC's and the same xbox360
>before without any difficulties.
>
>Can someone please help me?
>
>Thanks very much.
>
>Dean

Dean,

There are a few issues which have been discovered since the often cited
Microsoft document was produced, which are relevant to Windows Vista Networking,
and could be of interest.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/12/windows-xp-and-vista-on-lan-together.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/1...-together.html

You might diagnose the problem, using logs from "browstat status", "ipconfig
/all", "net config server", and "net config workstation", from each computer.
Read this article, and linked articles, and follow instructions precisely
(download browstat!) (note the command window under Windows Vista):
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...#AskingForHelp

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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
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