Networking problems using Vista and Win2000
Windows Vista Forum
Home      Members   Calendar   Who's On
Welcome Guest ( Login | Register )
      



Networking problems using Vista and Win2000 Expand / Collapse
Author
Message
Bruce@home-in-atlanta.com
Posted 3/23/2008 3:18:10 PM




This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

------=_NextPart_000_008C_01C84A25.DDD04B40
Content-Type: text/plain;
format=flowed;
charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

I see many posts related to Vista problems and XP (Pro) but have not seen
anytrhing related to 2000.

Is it possible to make this two OSs talk via network without having to buy
some third-party software? Both 2000 PCs neetwork fine. Only the Vista has
issues seeing the 2000 PCs. Also 2000 PCs can not see the Vista.

Dell 1521
Vista Home Premium
Connected to Linksys WRT54G

two BYOPC
Both have:
Intel MB and CPU
Linksys 10/100 NIC
hardwired to network

All PCs can see the internet without any issues. There's also a networked
printer that I'd like to print to.

ipconfig /all output is attached from all three PCs

------=_NextPart_000_008C_01C84A25.DDD04B40
Content-Type: text/plain;
format=flowed;
name="vista_ip.txt";
reply-type=original
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Disposition: attachment;
filename="vista_ip.txt"


Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : BruceDell
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :=20
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : hsd1.ga.comcast.net.

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :=20
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area =
Network)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1C-26-F0-E7-57
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.ga.comcast.net.
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 1505 Draft 802.11n =
WLAN Mini-Card
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1C-26-68-0C-6E
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : =
fe80::a0b8:50fd:8d31:61ba%10(Preferred)=20
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.107(Preferred)=20
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, December 27, 2007 =
1:33:35 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, December 30, 2007 5:15:33 =
AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 167779366
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.68.162
68.87.74.162
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.ga.comcast.net.
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated =
Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1C-23-96-E9-B9
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :=20
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : =
2001:0:4136:e390:18ce:2d34:3f57:fe94(Preferred)=20
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : =
fe80::18ce:2d34:3f57:fe94%8(Preferred)=20
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :=20
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : =
isatap.{E2248BAD-0BA5-48B8-9A99-D2562D175D36}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 10:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.ga.comcast.net.
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.hsd1.ga.comcast.net.
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : =
fe80::5efe:192.168.1.107%13(Preferred)=20
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :=20
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.68.162
68.87.74.162
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

------=_NextPart_000_008C_01C84A25.DDD04B40
Content-Type: text/plain;
format=flowed;
name="2000_main.txt";
reply-type=original
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Disposition: attachment;
filename="2000_main.txt"

=0D
Windows 2000 IP Configuration=0D
=0D
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : p4cd-win2k
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :=20
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast=0D
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No=0D
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No=0D
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : hsd1.ga.comcast.net.

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:=0D
=0D
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.ga.comcast.net.
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast =
Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-76-24-CC-E9=0D
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes=0D
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes=0D
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.103=0D
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0=0D
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1=0D
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1=0D
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.68.162
68.87.74.162
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, December 29, 2007 4:22:35 =
AM=0D
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, December 30, 2007 4:22:35 =
AM=0D

------=_NextPart_000_008C_01C84A25.DDD04B40
Content-Type: text/plain;
format=flowed;
name="2000_secondary.txt";
reply-type=original
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Disposition: attachment;
filename="2000_secondary.txt"

=0D
Windows 2000 IP Configuration=0D
=0D
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : p4s-win2k
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :=20
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast=0D
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No=0D
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No=0D
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : hsd1.ga.comcast.net.

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:=0D
=0D
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.ga.comcast.net.
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet =
Adapter(LNE100TX v4)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-5A-50-6D-8F=0D
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes=0D
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes=0D
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.104=0D
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0=0D
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1=0D
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1=0D
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.68.162
68.87.74.162
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, December 29, 2007 9:48:09 =
AM=0D
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, December 30, 2007 9:48:09 =
AM=0D

------=_NextPart_000_008C_01C84A25.DDD04B40--

Post #34712
Malke
Posted 3/23/2008 3:18:14 PM




Bruce@home-in-atlanta.com wrote:

(snippage)

Your network is fine since everything is on the same subnet
(192.168.1.xxx). It is completely possible to network Win2k and Vista.
The trick is to make sure you've correctly configured any firewalls (see
Item A below) and to create matching user accounts/passwords on all
machines (Item C). Here is my usual networking boilerplate. You can't
run a network configuration wizard on Win2k but you don't need to. The
firewall and user configuration is enough to do it. Manually set
file/printer sharing and share out whatever resources you want. If you
run into trouble, Hans-Georg's small network troubleshooter will work
for Win2k, also.

*****
Here are general network troubleshooting steps. Not everything may be
applicable to your situation, so just take the bits that are. It may
look daunting, but if you follow the steps at the links and suggestions
below systematically and calmly, you will have no difficulty in setting
up your sharing.

Excellent, thorough, yet easy to understand article about File/Printer
Sharing in Vista. Includes details about sharing printers as well as
files and folders:

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

Problems sharing files between computers on a network are generally
caused by 1) a misconfigured firewall; or 2) inadvertently running two
firewalls such as the built-in Windows Firewall and a third-party
firewall; and/or 3) not having identical user accounts and passwords on
all Workgroup machines; 4) trying to create shares where the operating
system does not permit it.

For XP and Windows 2003 Server, MVP Hans-Georg Michna has an excellent
small network troubleshooter. It may also be useful with Vista.

http://winhlp.com/wxnet.htm

Here are some general networking tips for home/small networks:

A. Configure firewalls on all machines to allow the Local Area Network
(LAN) traffic as trusted. With Windows Firewall, this means allowing
File/Printer Sharing on the Exceptions tab. Normally running the Network
Setup Wizard on XP will take care of this for those machines.The only
"gotcha" is that this will turn on the XPSP2 Windows Firewall. If you
aren't running a third-party firewall or have an antivirus with
"Internet Worm Protection" (like Norton 2006/07) which acts as a
firewall, then you're fine. With third-party firewalls, I usually
configure the LAN allowance with an IP range. Ex. would be
192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254. Obviously you would substitute your correct
subnet. Do not run more than one firewall.

B. For ease or organization, put all computers in the same Workgroup.
This is done from the System applet in Control Panel, Computer Name tab.

C. Create matching user accounts and passwords on all machines. You do
not need to be logged into the same account on all machines and the
passwords assigned to each user account can be different; the
accounts/passwords just need to exist and match on all machines. If you
wish a machine to boot directly to the Desktop (into one particular
user's account) for convenience, you can do this. The instructions at
this link work for both XP and Vista:

Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm

D. Create shares as desired. XP Home does not permit sharing of users'
home directories (My Documents) or Program Files, but you can share
folders inside those directories. A better choice is to simply use the
Shared Documents folder. See the first link above for details about
Vista sharing.

E. After you have file sharing working (and have tested this by
exchanging a file between all machines), if you want to share a printer
connected locally to one of your computers, share it out from that
machine. Then go to the printer mftr.'s website and download the latest
drivers for the correct operating system(s). Install them on the target
machine(s). The printer should be seen during the installation routine.
If it is not, install the drivers and then use the Add Printer Wizard.
*****

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Post #34717
« Prev Topic | Next Topic »


Reading This TopicExpand / Collapse
Active Users: 0 (0 guests, 0 members, 0 anonymous members)
No members currently viewing this topic.

PermissionsExpand / Collapse

All times are GMT -6:00, Time now is 10:59pm

Powered By InstantForum.NET v4.1.4 © 2008
Execution: 0.062. 8 queries. Compression Enabled.