Networking Issue between Vista and XP

[tralfaze]

Problem: Sharing folders between Windows XP Home and Vista. I cannot share
files or print. I have no issues sharing folders between XP machines.

Home Network Setup:
- Sony Desktop - XP Home Edition, same workgroup, Installed Link-Layer
Topology Discovery, Firewall exception allows File and Print Sharing, shared
folders (which allows network users to change files), hardline into router,

- AcerNB - Vista, same workgroup, Network Discovery On, File Sharing On,
Public Folder Sharing On, Password protected sharing off, Location Type -
Private, wireless connection to router, No user accounts

- Wireless Router - Linksys WRT54G, latest firmware

From Sony (XP)

1) In network places, I cannot see shared folders on AcerNB (Vista)
2) See ipconfig and ping below
3) I click to view the workgroup, I can see the AcerNB machine. Clicking
it, I get "\\AcerNB is not accessible, You might not have perission to use
this network resource...."
4) I can click my other XP machine in the view workgroup screen, and there
is no issue connecting.

From AcerNB
1) Clicking "view full map" in the Network and Sharing Center, I do see the
Sony computer.
2) I do not see any of the XP machine's shred folders
3) See ipconfig and Ping below


Ipconfig XP:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Sony
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : domain.invalid

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : domain.invalid
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-6E-FE-5B-BC
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.105
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.254.254
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, August 24, 2007 9:09:43 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, August 25, 2007 9:09:43 AM

On XP, Ping Vista by Name:

Ping request could not find host acernotebook. Please check the name and try again.

On XP, Ping Vista by IP:

Pinging 198.168.1.109 with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ipconfig Vista:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : AcerNotebook
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : domain.invalid

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : domain.invalid
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 802.11g Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-7E-51-D8-14
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::48d6:640e:a6a8:aeab%10(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.109(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, August 23, 2007 9:09:34 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, August 25, 2007 9:12:23 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 251664766
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.254.254
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : domain.invalid
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Etherne
NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-D4-D7-CD-D8
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 10:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::388f:3b96:3f57:fe92%8(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : domain.invalid
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.domain.invalid
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.109%11(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.254.254
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

On Vista, Ping XP by Name:

Ping request could not find host sony. Please check the name and try again.

On Vista, Ping XP by IP:

Pinging 198.168.1.105 with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

[chicagotech]

If turn off all firewall, can you ping each otehr by IP?

[tralfaze]

On the Vista machine, I turned off the Synmatec Firewall. I can now ping the XP machine. But, I cannot ping the Vista machine from the XP.

Pinging 192.168.1.105 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.1.105: bytes=32 time=44ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.105: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.105: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.105: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.105:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minim

[chicagotech]

Do you have Windows firewall enabled?

[tralfaze]

No other firewalls are enabled. I also checked my router and no firewalls there.

[chicagotech]

Can the Vista ping it self?

[tralfaze]

Wow...great question. On the Vista machine I tried pinging itself by name and IP and it did not work. See below...

C:\Users\Christi>ping ACERNOTEBOOK

Pinging AcerNotebook [fe80::5efe:192.168.1.109%11] from fe80::5efe:192.168.1.109
%11 with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

C:\Users\Christi>ping 192.168.1.109

Pinging 192.168.1.109 with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

[chicagotech]

It must be a security software blocking access. If you sure windows firewall setup correctly, try to do clean boot. This link may help,

How to run Windows OS with a clean ...
With MSCONFIG, you also can configure a clean boot to disable common startup ... To perform a clean boot, please follow these steps: 1) Run MSCONFIG.EXE. ...
www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?t=57

[tralfaze]

Well, I made some progress. Thanks! In Safe Mode with Network, I could see the XP computer, xfer files and map a network drive to the XP machine.

I then booted normally and I disabled all start up programs and disabled all of the non microsoft services. I am back to where I started. I can no longer connect to XP and I cannot ping Vista from Vista.

[tralfaze]

Any idea on what I can do next to figure out what is block my sharing? Being a brand new computer, not much is installed on it.

[chicagotech]

If safe mode works, it must be some firewall or security software. We don't know what software is running. You may run task manager to find it out.