Network Using Crossover Xp And Vista Problems

[evertonianmark]

Hi all,

My first post here i hope you can help.

Ok I have Xp on my PC and Vista on my laptop. My crossover cable is attached and both say connected, However!

1, I Cannot locate the laptop from the PC and vice versa.

2, Both machines are sending packets but neither are recieving.

I did turn off both firwalls, antivirus but still no joy. I have double checked that file/printer sharing is turned on and i have told both computers what drives i want shared. I have also put them on the same workgroup.

Im stumped.

thanks in advance.

Peace

[johnwill]

You need to do a bit more. For Internet sharing, take a look at this Microsoft ICS (Internet Connection Sharing tutorial.

If you just want to connect them with no Internet involved, we can do that too, take a look at this tutorial: http://www.ezlan.net/Installing.html

[evertonianmark]

Ok i followed that link and installed NetBEUI but no change i tried the PING command but all 4 requests timed out to the laptop, also tried a loopback ping and that was perfect.

[johnwill]

For each of the computers, please post this.

Hold the Windows key and press R, then type CMD to open a command prompt:

Type the following two commands:

nbtstat -n

ipconfig /all

Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter.
Paste the results in a message here.

If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here.

[evertonianmark]

Ok here are the results:

LAPTOP RUNNING VISTA:

Microsoft(R) Windows DOS
(C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1990-2001.

C:\USERS\MARK>nbtstat -n

Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [169.254.31.11] Scope Id: []

NetBIOS Local Name Table

Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
LAPTOP <00> UNIQUE Registered
DIGISAFE <00> GROUP Registered
LAPTOP <20> UNIQUE Registered
DIGISAFE <1E> GROUP Registered
DIGISAFE <1D> UNIQUE Registered
..__MSBROWSE__.<01> GROUP Registered

Wireless Network Connection:
Node IpAddress: [0.0.0.0] Scope Id: []

No names in cache

Dial-up Connection:
Node IpAddress: [0.0.0.0] Scope Id: []

No names in cache

C:\USERS\MARK>


C:\USERS\MARK>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Laptop
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

PPP adapter Dial-up Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dial-up Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . :
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 62.64.208.117(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 212.74.112.67
212.74.114.129
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-A5-DF-AC-30
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet
NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-D4-A2-C8-9F
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.31.11(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{E923C116-7604-443E-B469-B22920BB2
F8D}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{E5AECB22-D569-44B3-BDFB-EDF2BF7DA
2F4}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{FD9D5497-BBC7-43CB-8ABF-03120CBB8
B12}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 10:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6TO4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\USERS\MARK>


PC RUNNING XP PRO SP2

Microsoft(R) Windows DOS
(C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1990-2001.

C:\DOCUME~1\DIGI-S~1>nbtstat -n

Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [169.254.123.155] Scope Id: []

NetBIOS Local Name Table

Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
DIGI-3AF32249B1<00> UNIQUE Registered
DIGISAFE <00> GROUP Registered
DIGI-3AF32249B1<20> UNIQUE Registered
DIGISAFE <1E> GROUP Registered
DIGISAFE <1D> UNIQUE Registered
..__MSBROWSE__.<01> GROUP Registered

Wireless Network Connection:
Node IpAddress: [0.0.0.0] Scope Id: []

No names in cache

C:\DOCUME~1\DIGI-S~1>


C:\DOCUME~1\DIGI-S~1>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : digi-3af32249b1
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-2A-4A-DA-11
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 169.254.123.155
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::214:2aff:fe4a:da11%4
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%2
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%2
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%2

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 802.11g/b Wireless LAN Client Adapte
r - USB
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 08-10-74-13-EB-C2

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5445:5245:444f%5
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : A9-FE-7B-9B
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5efe:169.254.123.155%2
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%2
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%2
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%2
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

C:\DOCUME~1\DIGI-S~1>

[johnwill]

Well, the obvious flaw is that you don't have DHCP enabled on the XP machine. Are you intending to use ICS, or just a manual configuration?