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Hi
I got a new comuter with Vista on it. I tried to network it with my old computer which has Windows XP on it. They don't seem to recognize eachother.
Can anyone help me out?
Thanks
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Posted 23 May 2007 - 09:24 AM
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Well I have done some quick search for you, they should be compatible... many users are saying it's just because the firewall or anti-virus, I don't know. But perhaps a quick google search about "Vista XP network" can help you a lot?
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Posted 23 May 2007 - 09:33 AM
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I tried that but there are so many people with different solutions, and many with no solution at all. So I thought let's post it on a forum :)
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Posted 23 May 2007 - 11:52 AM
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Well, there are several steps to solve your problem.
1) Do you have a "Green" or blinking link light on the back of both computers? This means the NICs are good and the cable is good and the computers are connected.
2) You said you were connecting two computers. Are you using a Hub or connecting directly between the two? If you are connecting directly you need a cross-over cable, not a regular cable. This means the transmit and receive wires are swapped on one end.
3) Do you have an IP? Goto start run type "cmd" then "ipconfig" - what do you see on both computers?
4) Is your subnet mask the same?
Anyway, I could go on and on but try these first.
1) Do you have a "Green" or blinking link light on the back of both computers? This means the NICs are good and the cable is good and the computers are connected.
2) You said you were connecting two computers. Are you using a Hub or connecting directly between the two? If you are connecting directly you need a cross-over cable, not a regular cable. This means the transmit and receive wires are swapped on one end.
3) Do you have an IP? Goto start run type "cmd" then "ipconfig" - what do you see on both computers?
4) Is your subnet mask the same?
Anyway, I could go on and on but try these first.
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Posted 23 May 2007 - 02:32 PM
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Lop said:
Well, there are several steps to solve your problem.
1) Do you have a "Green" or blinking link light on the back of both computers? This means the NICs are good and the cable is good and the computers are connected.
2) You said you were connecting two computers. Are you using a Hub or connecting directly between the two? If you are connecting directly you need a cross-over cable, not a regular cable. This means the transmit and receive wires are swapped on one end.
3) Do you have an IP? Goto start run type "cmd" then "ipconfig" - what do you see on both computers?
4) Is your subnet mask the same?
Anyway, I could go on and on but try these first.
1) Do you have a "Green" or blinking link light on the back of both computers? This means the NICs are good and the cable is good and the computers are connected.
2) You said you were connecting two computers. Are you using a Hub or connecting directly between the two? If you are connecting directly you need a cross-over cable, not a regular cable. This means the transmit and receive wires are swapped on one end.
3) Do you have an IP? Goto start run type "cmd" then "ipconfig" - what do you see on both computers?
4) Is your subnet mask the same?
Anyway, I could go on and on but try these first.
Lol it seems like you have experience! You set up something like this?
Btw.. why not connecting the PC's via internet? Just a question....
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Posted 23 May 2007 - 08:43 PM
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TheComputerMaster said:
Btw.. why not connecting the PC's via internet? Just a question....
Your ISP went down?
You forgot to pay the bills for your ISP?
And so on...
Then you wouldn't be able to connect the two computers.
It's way better imo to connect two computer using a LAN, if it's possible.
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Posted 23 May 2007 - 10:53 PM
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Why should I forget? It sends me bills,and sometimes even over charges me, makes me mad! But anyways I would like to study Networking, must be interesting from what I heard... but seems to require a lot of analysis?
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Posted 24 May 2007 - 06:28 AM
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If you connected each to the internet and then through connected through the internet it would be much slower. Also, if you have two computers in the same house connected to the same internet connection you already have them networked.
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Posted 24 May 2007 - 09:10 AM
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Jordan said:
If you connected each to the internet and then through connected through the internet it would be much slower. Also, if you have two computers in the same house connected to the same internet connection you already have them networked.
Sorry man, but I have cable internet and I don't agree with that, you have them connected as in 'with the big web, all Pc connected etc..' but that doesn't mean that you can browse folders etc.. as normal networking. I can have 2 or more PC's connected with the same internet connection and have no access to each other.
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Posted 24 May 2007 - 10:37 AM
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Of course you can connect them. You've your computer connected to another, at this moment, when you're reading this. Your computer is connected to the server, CodeCall is on, right now.
There's application for making a graphical interface for another computer, so you can browser folders and such. At the moment, I don't remember any, but there's.
There's application for making a graphical interface for another computer, so you can browser folders and such. At the moment, I don't remember any, but there's.
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Posted 24 May 2007 - 12:38 PM
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Yes, that is my point! You need to have an application, you cant just connect them to the internet.
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Posted 26 May 2007 - 03:21 AM
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Lop said:
Well, there are several steps to solve your problem.
1) Do you have a "Green" or blinking link light on the back of both computers? This means the NICs are good and the cable is good and the computers are connected.
2) You said you were connecting two computers. Are you using a Hub or connecting directly between the two? If you are connecting directly you need a cross-over cable, not a regular cable. This means the transmit and receive wires are swapped on one end.
3) Do you have an IP? Goto start run type "cmd" then "ipconfig" - what do you see on both computers?
4) Is your subnet mask the same?
Anyway, I could go on and on but try these first.
1) Do you have a "Green" or blinking link light on the back of both computers? This means the NICs are good and the cable is good and the computers are connected.
2) You said you were connecting two computers. Are you using a Hub or connecting directly between the two? If you are connecting directly you need a cross-over cable, not a regular cable. This means the transmit and receive wires are swapped on one end.
3) Do you have an IP? Goto start run type "cmd" then "ipconfig" - what do you see on both computers?
4) Is your subnet mask the same?
Anyway, I could go on and on but try these first.
1. I only see a green light on my main comp. The other one doesn't really have any light on the back I think. No potential green light :/
3. On the main comp I get an ip but on the other one it says it isn't connected.
I forgot to mention it worked for about 30 min the first time but ever since it quit working.
