Vista Networking

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Hi,

Got a new PC with vista on it, want to configure my network like this:

hp1 - Vista Home Premium, USB Wireless, and NIC card
hp2 - Windows XP Pro sp2, NIC card
tp1 - Windows XP Pro sp2, PCMCIA wireless

What I wanna do is connect the 2 hp desktops with a crossover cable to
be able to retrieve and store files in a shared directory from hp2, be
able to rdp with hp2, and print through hp2 (this may not be possible
my printer is not compatible with vista) from hp1.

With the tp1 laptop I want to be able to retrieve and store files to
shared directories on both hp1 and hp2, rdp to hp2, and print through
hp2.

Before I bought hp1, I was able use hp2 and connect with crossover to
tp1 to share files (on in my case roll out ghost images via tcp/ip)
the usb adapter provided web access to both hp2 and tp1 using ICS.

I would appreciate any pointers to configure my vista pc to cover my
desired scenarios.

tp5
 
The simple solution is have a switch. If you want to do what you mentioned
here, enable IP routing. However, it is not easy because XP is not designed
as a router. Or you may try to enable ICS.

--
Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com
 
The simple solution is have a switch. If you want to do what you mentioned
here, enable IP routing. However, it is not easy because XP is not designed
as a router. Or you may try to enable ICS.

--
Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting onhttp://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access onhttp://www.HowToNetworking.com













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Hi,
Thanks for responding.

I've spent more time analyzing this issue, and I convinced that vista
networking is so secure that it's unusable.

I actually successfully configured hp2 to act as a DHCP server and
hand out IP address to any PC connecting to the crossover cable, and
share the wireless connection to that PC.

When I connect hp1 with hp2 using crossover, I cannot see the hp2 on
the network and sharing center

Can anyone out there help, at the very least I want to retrieve and
store files to hp2, remote desktop and share internet with it.
 
Hi,
Thanks for responding.

I've spent more time analyzing this issue, and I convinced that vista
networking is so secure that it's unusable.

I actually successfully configured hp2 to act as a DHCP server and
hand out IP address to any PC connecting to the crossover cable, and
share the wireless connection to that PC.

When I connect hp1 with hp2 using crossover, I cannot see the hp2 on
the network and sharing center

Can anyone out there help, at the very least I want to retrieve and
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So this weekend, I was able to configure Vista and Xp to communicate
to each other via crossover cable, but I can't get past the last
hurdle.

I fixed the hp2 my making it obtain IP address dynamically, so now
while logged into hp1, i can remote desktop to hp2 as well as retrieve
files.

But the last hurdle is that hp2 doesn't have web connectivity, I
configured hp1 with internet connection sharing (ICS) but hp2 is
reporting limited connectivity.

Any ideas?
 
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