Networking XP and Vista - Intermittent Connections

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> "Richard B" <rbillingsley@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> I recently upgraded from my old Windows XP computer to a new Windows Vista.
>> I setup a the network between the two computers and after a little playing
>> around I was able to get it working and was even able to print from Vista
>> through XP. Then for some reason it quit working.
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>> I have been reading the posts and looking for things I could set, IE.
>> ports, firewall, missing protocols, etc. But I have been unable to get
>> the two talk talk to each other again.
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>> I have dumped the following ipconfig and browstat commands from both the
>> XP and the Vista. If anyone sees something that I can fix please let me
>> know.
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>> Thank you,
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>> Richard..
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>> *** VISTA IPCONFIG /ALL *************************
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>> Windows IP Configuration
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>> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Home
>> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
>> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
>> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
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>> PPP adapter ATT Dialup:
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>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : ATT Dialup
>> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . :
>> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
>> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>> IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 66.141.119.128(Preferred)
>> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
>> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
>> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.94.156.1
>> 68.94.157.1
>> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
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>> Ethernet adapter Billingsley:
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>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82562V 10/100 Platform LAN
>> Connect
>> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-D1-47-34-59
>> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>> Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.21.213(Preferred)
>> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
>> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
>> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
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>> *** VISTA BROWSTAT STATUS *****************************
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>> Status for domain BILLINGSLEY on transport
>> \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{C7EECEC6-56A1-4EAE-89B5-C04D987A9C39}
>> Browsing is active on domain.
>> Master browser name is: OLDHORSE
>> Could not connect to registry, error = 53 Unable to determine build
>> of browser master: 53
>> \\\\OLDHORSE . Version:05.01 Flags: 51203 NT POTENTIAL MASTER
>> 1 backup servers retrieved from master OLDHORSE
>> \\OLDHORSE
>> There are 2 servers in domain BILLINGSLEY on transport
>> \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{C7EECEC6-56A1-4EAE-89B5-C04D987A9C39}
>> There are 1 domains in domain BILLINGSLEY on transport
>> \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{C7EECEC6-56A1-4EAE-89B5-C04D987A9C39}
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>> *** XP IPCONFIG /ALL *********************************
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>> Windows IP Configuration
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>> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : OLDHORSE
>> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
>> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
>> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
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>> Ethernet adapter Billingsley:
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>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Linksys NC100 Fast Ethernet
>> Adapter
>> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-41-22-D5-40
>> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>> Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.100.253
>> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
>> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
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>> *** XP BROWSTAT STATUS ******************************
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>> Status for domain BILLINGSLEY on transport \Device\NwlnkNb
>> Browsing is active on domain.
>> Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus. Using
>> \\OLDHORSE
>> Master browser is running build 2600
>> 1 backup servers retrieved from master OLDHORSE
>> \\OLDHORSE
>> There are 0 servers in domain BILLINGSLEY on transport \Device\NwlnkNb
>> There are 1 domains in domain BILLINGSLEY on transport \Device\NwlnkNb
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>> Status for domain BILLINGSLEY on transport
>> \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{BA83EFE4-69E6-4CDC-8A62-A156812A9428}
>> Browsing is active on domain.
>> Master browser name is: HOME
>> Could not connect to registry, error = 5 Unable to determine build
>> of browser master: 5
>> Unable to determine server information for browser master: 5
>> 1 backup servers retrieved from master HOME
>> \\HOME
>> There are 1 servers in domain BILLINGSLEY on transport
>> \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{BA83EFE4-69E6-4CDC-8A62-A156812A9428}
>> There are 0 domains in domain BILLINGSLEY on transport
>> \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{BA83EFE4-69E6-4CDC-8A62-A156812A9428}
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>> Status for domain BILLINGSLEY on transport \Device\NwlnkIpx
>> Browsing is active on domain.
>> Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus. Using
>> \\OLDHORSE
>> Master browser is running build 2600
>> 1 backup servers retrieved from master OLDHORSE
>> \\OLDHORSE
>> Unable to retrieve server list from OLDHORSE: 1231

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