Establishing a LAN Connection between Windows XP and Vista/7

[Lirion]

Hello and thanks for watching this post and if you can answer it.
Lately I have experienced problems with establishing a LAN Connection between my pc, which uses windows XP, and the computers of my friends, which use vista/windows 7.

they seem not to have any problems establishing a lan connection between eachother, but windows xp seems to be unable to establish lan itself.

We have connected all pc's on 1 router, and I know that this is possible because I had the same problem back @ home establishing lan between me and my brother's pc's.

Tough, I dont know how he did it, so if you could explain in a few basic steps how I could establish lan between xp and vista, then I'd be thankful for that +rep m8.

Thx in advantage

 

[AnthraxXx]

Windows XP seems to have lots of trouble connecting to Vista/7, and with the latter it is just so much easier.

In Windows XP, open up Windows Firewall in Control Panel and try turning it off and seeing if it works, or make sure you tick File And Printer Sharing in the exceptions tab.

I don't understand what you want to actually do - Play games or share data? I assume games but please elaborate slightly more.

 

[Avaleirra]

@AnthraxXx
For me it seems that vista/7 have a lot of trouble connecting to xp.



We solved this by getting the people who were having trouble connecting to obtain a static ip address. Do not ask me how though because I wasn't one of the people having trouble connecting.

 

[AnthraxXx]

To set a static IP in XP, go to Start > Connect to > All Connections
Right click the adaptor which gives you access to the network (Should be wireless or Local Area Connection etc)

In the part where "This connection uses the following items:" - highlight "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" and go Properties.

Do not set this IP address automatically, manually set it by checking the Use the following IP address radio box.

Make it something like 192.168.0.111
Subnet mask should be, in most cases: 255.255.255.0
Default gateway should be your router, which in most cases is 192.168.0.1
The preferred DNS server should also be your router IP Address.

But I don't see how setting a static IP would solve the problem. It would if it was for sharing data, though.

 

[DDRtists]

But I don't see how setting a static IP would solve the problem. It would if it was for sharing data, though.

All the routers in my house REQUIRE a static IP address, and I'm not sure why. I've reset all them of to default settings and tried, and they still do. They don't work, at all, with a dynamic IP, but once you set a static IP to the PC, they work like a charm...