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Vista network/router problems help!

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Name: Computingdotnet
Date: February 26, 2007 at 22:40:35 Pacific
OS: Vista Home Premium
CPU/Ram: 3ghz/1gb
Product: Lenovo
Comment:

I recently setup two new Lenovo Vista boxes that replaced a few older win2k boxes. Everything went fine until I tried to network them together. It is very strange because they are on the network and I can get on the internet but then something happens and I get a limited connectivity error.

A= Vista box 1
B= Vista box 2
C = Old Win2k Pro box

One thing I think might be a problem is the fact I am using a old D-Link 514 wireless router and 520 Rev E wireless network cards. PC A will stay online off and on with the wireless card and on PC B it did the same thing with the wireless card but when I just plugged a network cable into it and disabled the wireless I can't get on the network at all. The entire time PC C is online with a wireless card.

During random connectivity I am not able to connect to shares on PC A from PC B but I am able to go from B to C. I am not able to ping PC A or B but I can ping C from A and B.

Is there a trick to sharing and networking two Vista boxes? I made sure the share is there, they are all in the same workgroup, I made sure to enable file sharing in the network properties box on Vista, and all boxes have the same two local accounts.

Or is the problem with the old D-Link router, does anyone know of compatibility problems with older routers? Currently the Vista boxes have IP4 and 6 installed and both are using DHCP.

I am at a loss here other than it being a old router problem or some trick to networking Vista boxes. If anyone can help me out here then a million blessings to you and your familiy :)

Thanks,



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Name: 1stepbeyond
Date: February 28, 2007 at 08:44:18 Pacific
Reply:

Hi
im not vista savvy yet so take this with a pinch of salt however heres a link i read recently

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Wind...


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