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Can't connect XP and Win 7 via LAN
Ok, I have a spare laptop I'd like to use for a distributed architecture processing audio plugins for my band during mixdown. I'm trying to connect my Win 7 Pro x64 PC via Gigabit Ethernet to my Win XP Pro SP3 machine.
I tried a cross over cable at first but for some reason it wasn't working. So I tried a direct cable connection. Surprisingly that got the two NIC's to at least act like something was going on. Since I couldn't get it to work, I just went out and got a Gigabit Switch.
Currently my setup is:
Win 7 Pro X64
1 Wireless Card > Wireless Router > Internet
1 Gigabit Ethernet > 1 Gigabit Switch > Laptop
Laptop has an identical setup, but I've disabled the wireless for now.
The wireless connection works fine, but it's only 54 Mbit and I want the full Gigabit.
I set up both computer with static APIPA range IP addresses:
LaptopXP
169.254.0.1
255.255.0.0
(no gateway is used in a LAN like this)
DesktopWin7
169.254.0.2
255.255.0.0
(no gateway is used in a LAN like this)
Both can ping local host 127.0.0.1
Both can ping their local respective IPs.
When pinging from XP to Win 7 the request times out
When pinging from Win 7 to XP it says Destination Host Unreachable
In the Network and Sharing the Local Are Connection says:
Unidentified Network
Public Network
No Network Access
Local Area Network
No matter what I do, I can't get it to change.
I've disabled the firewall completely.
I've removed Bonjour.
I've disabled IPV6
I've tried APIPA
I've tried static addesses in multiple subnet ranges
Both are on the same workgroup and can access each other's shares while using wireless
If I click on the "Unidentified Network" I can't change the name or anything.
Thoughts? Is my NIC bad or am I missing something?