Anybody networked Vista with XP yet over wireless?.... - GoFuckYourself.com

Damian_Maxcash · 03-21-2007, 11:16 AM

Im fucked if I can get it to work......

The comps are all on the same wireless router and the wireless internet works OK, but when I try to set it up a LAN it just shows the Ethernet card that is unplugged.

Surely MS didnt make it so you cant just share a folder between XP and Vista over wireless?

Any ideas before I throw a perfectly good laptop out the window?

RazorSharpe · 03-21-2007, 11:31 AM

I tried and gave up! Very frustrating but I guess this is one way to get us to upgrade all machines to Vista. Contrary to what many have claimed, I do not have any apps or hardware not working on Vista. Everything basically worked straight out the gate; with the exception of Vista - XP networking of course.

Having said that, I can't seem to install quicktime ... but I hardly ever use it, I just need it installed so that video editing suite works.

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J B · 03-21-2007, 11:41 AM

Hmmm... I got my new laptop with Vista a few weeks ago and never had problems to connect to the machines running XP in our network over wireless.

Damian_Maxcash · 03-21-2007, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by J B

Hmmm... I got my new laptop with Vista a few weeks ago and never had problems to connect to the machines running XP in our network over wireless.

Did your wireless router have a USB port? - that what it keeps telling me - or reconfigure the router manually to get it working, but that disables the Internet.

I am even thinking about downgrading the new laptop to XP.

J B · 03-21-2007, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by damian2001

Did your wireless router have a USB port? - that what it keeps telling me - or reconfigure the router manually to get it working, but that disables the Internet.

I am even thinking about downgrading the new laptop to XP.

We don't have a wireless router here but an access point connected to a hub and I didn't have to change any settings. I can access other XP machines whether they are using LAN or WLAN and whether I use LAN or WLAN on my Vista machine. No problems at all.

Stephen McTowelie · 03-21-2007, 12:50 PM

so can you connect via ethernet between the machines ? and a quick google suggests your no the only ones sounds a lot like driver issues in vista ! just my

though

Damian_Maxcash · 03-21-2007, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Stephen McTowelie

so can you connect via ethernet between the machines ? and a quick google suggests your no the only ones sounds a lot like driver issues in vista ! just my

though

Yep - no problem with Ethernet - its just the damn wireless.

Bloody MS - I will be damned if I am going to upgrade another 3 machines to Vista just to use a network that should work out of the box.

I will try for the VPN approach - if that dosnt work then I am going for a refund. Fuck MS!!!

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Damian_Maxcash So Fucking Banned Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: MaxCash.com Posts: 12,745	Anybody networked Vista with XP yet over wireless?.... Im fucked if I can get it to work...... The comps are all on the same wireless router and the wireless internet works OK, but when I try to set it up a LAN it just shows the Ethernet card that is unplugged. Surely MS didnt make it so you cant just share a folder between XP and Vista over wireless? Any ideas before I throw a perfectly good laptop out the window?

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RazorSharpe Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Scotland Posts: 2,238	I tried and gave up! Very frustrating but I guess this is one way to get us to upgrade all machines to Vista. Contrary to what many have claimed, I do not have any apps or hardware not working on Vista. Everything basically worked straight out the gate; with the exception of Vista - XP networking of course. Having said that, I can't seem to install quicktime ... but I hardly ever use it, I just need it installed so that video editing suite works. ... __________________ Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.

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