How 2 network Vista laptop + XP PC??

[NTeyeball]

Hey all,
Wanting to network Vista Basic Acer Aspire 5315 Laptop + Evo W4000 PC with XPsp2. With the intention to have 2 printers available to both sys.

Purchased Linksys SD205 switch and 2x cat6 Ethernet cables (upon salesmans recomend)

XP sys has Samsung ML2010 printer via USB and both systems have drivers installed (different versions Vista + XP)
(have 2 printers to hookup, but just killed all in one, have to renew.)
Basic hookup= Vista can see evo but cant access printer. XP can't see Vista?

Unsure of what wizards to run on each machine.
User is puter literate but no experience with networks.
How do I accomplish my aim please.

NT.

[johnwill]

Please supply the following info, exact make and models of the equipment please.

What country are you located in.
Name of your ISP (Internet Service Provider).
What is the expected Upstream/Downstream speed for your ISP Connection?
Make and exact model of the broadband modem.
Make and exact model of the router (if a separate unit).
Model numbers can usually be obtained from the label on the device.
Connection type, wired or wireless.
If wireless, encryption used, (none, WEP, WPA, or WPA2)
Make and model of your computer.
Version and patch level of Windows on all affected machines, i.e. XP-Home (or XP-Pro), SP1-SP2, Vista, etc.
The Internet Browser in use, IE, Firefox, Opera, etc.




Please give an exact description of your problem symptoms, including the exact text of any error messages.

If you're using a wireless connection, have you tried a direct connection with a cable to see if that changes the symptoms?

If there are other computers on the same network, are they experiencing the same issue, or do they function normally?




On any affected computer, I'd also like to see this:

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

Type the following commands:

PING 216.109.112.135

PING yahoo.com

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.

[NTeyeball]

Thnx Johnwill for your response.
I realize that your response is probably a info seeking standard response, and please do not take offense when I respond with "I didnt request internet access" as the ISP service is yet another headache.

Extra hardware is required for sharing my internet connection with this modem (Bigpond (au) Maxon BP3 ext Next G wireless) and I am not prepared to part with a further $300au for the pleasure. I am happy to physically cable connect to gain net access to both sys.

I wish to concentrate on file and print sharing between the Vista and XP systems.
With this mornings bootup of sys's the Vista no longer is seeing the XP as stated in orig post.

I seek initial setup instuctions please.
Extra info...
XP PC = Compaq Evo w4000, Pentium4 2.4Ghz, 1.00Gb RAM, XP home SP2 with current updates. Is wired to SD205 via cat6 Ethernet cable. Samsung ML2010 wired via USB.

Vista Laptop= Acer Aspire 5315, Celeron 530, 1.73Ghz, 502Mb RAM, 32 bit, Vista Basic with current updates. Is wired to SD205 via cat6 Ethernet cable.

Thnx
NT.

[johnwill]

What's SD205?

You can start with the following information also for each computer.

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

In the command prompt window that opens, type type the following commands, one at a time, followed by the Enter key:

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.

[NTeyeball]

Hi again,
*Linksys SD205 5 port 10/100 switch
** LODERMOB is the network name. as you can see I have tried a few times! Can I remove these attempts?
***Both puters can see each other now, but print from Vista=0x000006be error.
Here is the data you requested.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

D:\Documents and Settings\David Loder>nbtstat -n

Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.0.1] Scope Id: []

NetBIOS Local Name Table

Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
EVOW4000-27E77F<00> UNIQUE Registered
LODERMOB <00> GROUP Registered
EVOW4000-27E77F<20> UNIQUE Registered
LODERMOB <1E> GROUP Registered
LODERMOB <1D> UNIQUE Registered
..__MSBROWSE__.<01> GROUP Registered

Wireless Network Connection:
Node IpAddress: [124.180.38.253] Scope Id: []

NetBIOS Local Name Table

Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
EVOW4000-27E77F<00> UNIQUE Registered
LODERMOB <00> GROUP Registered
EVOW4000-27E77F<20> UNIQUE Registered
LODERMOB <1E> GROUP Registered
LODERMOB <1D> UNIQUE Registered
..__MSBROWSE__.<01> GROUP Registered

D:\Documents and Settings\David Loder>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : evow4000-27e77f
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VM Network Connecti
on
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0B-CD-11-BE-89
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN Driver @ 3GPP (6280)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-A0-C6-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 124.180.38.253
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.252
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 124.180.38.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 124.180.38.254
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 61.9.133.193
61.9.188.33
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, 12 May 2008 8:47:11 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, 12 May 2008 10:47:11 AM

D:\Documents and Settings\David Loder>

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\David>nbtstat -n

Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.0.172] Scope Id: []

NetBIOS Local Name Table

Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
DAVID-VISTALAP <00> UNIQUE Registered
LODERMOB <00> GROUP Registered
LODERMOB <1E> GROUP Registered
DAVID-VISTALAP <20> UNIQUE Registered

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

No names in cache

Local Area Connection 2:
Node IpAddress: [0.0.0.0] Scope Id: []

No names in cache

C:\Users\David>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : David-VistaLap
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mshome.net

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR5007EG Wireless Network Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1C-26-96-1D-94
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mshome.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetLink (TM) Fast Ethernet
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-38-52-98-9C
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::6501:6adf:4a45:ddb6%8(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.172(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, 11 May 2008 11:30:04 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, 19 May 2008 9:02:05 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 201333560
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mshome.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.0.172%13(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{55FD8EA5-85EE-44BE-9F3F-EAB621F30
F33}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\Users\David>

Thnx again for your assistance.
NT

[johnwill]

For the printer issue, it appears to be driver issues. You need the latest Vista drivers, but you may want to take a look at this: http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/CleanPrinterDrivers.htm

[NTeyeball]

Thnx again,
I chkd that! but doesn't mention if applies to Vista.
I gather then,
If (the XP is printing OK!) Then
.-.uninstall print driver from Vista.
.-.If (install can see printer?) Then
.---.re-install Vista version driver??
.-.Endif
Endif
Is this right??
NT.

[johnwill]

Sounds reasonable. Also, I've had to install the Vista printer drivers on some systems as if the printer was local, sometimes even connecting it temporarily to the Vista system. Then, I'd access the properties and create a new local port with the full network path to the network printer as the name to "finalize" the installation.