Solved Can't network Windows 7 and Windows XP

[sommernyte]

I have a Windows 7 desktop and a Windows XP laptop and I cannot for the life of me get them to see each other. I have followed online instructions repeatedly - they are in the same workgroup name, the Advanced settings in Windows 7 are set to have discovery and sharing ON and password is OFF, I've tried rebooting, re-joining the network, turning the HomeGroup off, etc, etc and I don't know what the issue is.

The Windows 7 machine is wired to the modem, and the laptop is wireless - not sure if that can be an issue?

The firewall is just the regular Windows Firewall, which I understand shouldn't need special settings to allow the networking.

Not sure what info I need to provide for someone to be able to help me, but I am getting so frustrated!!!

 

[zigzag3143]

I have a Windows 7 desktop and a Windows XP laptop and I cannot for the life of me get them to see each other. I have followed online instructions repeatedly - they are in the same workgroup name, the Advanced settings in Windows 7 are set to have discovery and sharing ON and password is OFF, I've tried rebooting, re-joining the network, turning the HomeGroup off, etc, etc and I don't know what the issue is.

The Windows 7 machine is wired to the modem, and the laptop is wireless - not sure if that can be an issue?

The firewall is just the regular Windows Firewall, which I understand shouldn't need special settings to allow the networking.

Not sure what info I need to provide for someone to be able to help me, but I am getting so frustrated!!!

Please run IPCONFIG /ALL from cmd and post the output.

(start>cmd>right click and run as admin>ipconfig /all)

 

[sommernyte]

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\XXXXX>IPCONFIG /ALL

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : XXXXXX-HP
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 78-AC-C0-B1-0F-5C
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::7ded:fff7:f923:b6d7%11(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.15.2(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, July 02, 2011 7:20:03 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, July 09, 2011 7:20:02 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.15.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.15.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 259566784
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-15-08-70-B8-78-AC-C0-A9-A5-D7

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.69.150
68.87.85.102
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.{9D5B87DF-3176-4F2A-8A95-A898D20F0939}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Teredo Tunneling Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e76:107b:3003:b3e3:286b(Pref
erred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::107b:3003:b3e3:286b%10(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

 

[sommernyte]

That is from the Windows 7 machine - not sure if I need to do this for both machines?

 

[zigzag3143]

That is from the Windows 7 machine - not sure if I need to do this for both machines?

win 7 seems to be working the other? may as well upload the ipconfig for th XP machine.

Have you rebooted the router and pc's at the same time?

Disabled encryption to test?

Both are on the same workgroup? etc

 

[sommernyte]

I have not rebooted the router. Both are on the same workgroup. How do I disable encryption?

Here is the XP Machine:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\owner>IPCONFIG /ALL

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : XXXXXXX-HP
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : hsd1.wa.comcast.net.

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.wa.comcast.net.
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-A5-61-AF-F9
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.13
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.69.150
68.87.85.102
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, July 02, 2011 8:05:28 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, July 02, 2011 9:05:28 PM

 

[sommernyte]

Rebooted router and both machines - no change.

 

[sommernyte]

So far, I can access the XP machine by going to Start > Run and typing in \\(ip address) but I can't access the Win 7 machine from the XP machine at all.

 

[richyrichuk]

Here is the XP Machine:

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.13

IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.15.2(Preferred)

have i missed something? ur IP's are diff networks, also have u took IPV6 off just incase causing issue

 

[sommernyte]

I don't know why they are different or how to turn IPV6 on or off. One is connected wirelessly (192.168.0.13) and the other is connected to the wireless router with an Ethernet cable. I tried assigning it an IP on the router by MAC address but it didn't work.

 

[sommernyte]

OK, so IPv6 is enabled on the Win 7 machine, but it doesn't seem to do anything (not supported by my ISP, maybe?) so I turned it off now.

I tried assigning an IP though the TCP/IP settings, but then I couldn't get to the internet. It seems be wired to the modem makes it want to use the IP it's using - I can't seem to get it on to the same network of IPs that my WiFi devices are on. By the way, I've got a Motorola SBG900 for my cable modem/WiFi router.

I set the MAC address of the Win 7 machine as IP 192.169.0.19 on the router and had no luck. Then I also tried setting the 192.168.0.19 (an available IP I chose for the Win 7 machine) as an alternate IP in the settings, but no luck, there, either.

Maybe it's a matter of getting it to use one of the 192.168.0.XX IPs, but I've not figured out how to do that yet...

 

[James Colbert]

This may be worth a read (and related links at bottom):

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/53830-file-sharing-between-xp-w7-vice-versa.html#post779715

 

[sommernyte]

Thank you. I followed the instructions (which were pretty much the same as every other set of instructions I've come across) and it's not working. I can still only access the XP machine from the Win 7 machine by IP address and cannot access the Win 7 machine from the XP machine at all. In both cases, I cannot see the other machine in the network or workgroup.

All I can figure is it has to do with the IP address of the Win 7 machine as another user pointed out?

I'm losing hope.

 

[sommernyte]

FYI, in case it helps, my setup is as follows:

Cable in to Motorola Surfboard SBG900
Ethernet out from Surfboard to Vonage Router
Ethernet out from Vonage Router to Win 7 PC
WiFi to Win XP Laptop

Googling the Vonage router shows that it is what's giving the http://192.168.15.2 IP, so I'm going to see if I can somehow change that...

 

[sommernyte]

AHHHH! That was it. Thank you, richyrichuk, for pointing out the differing IP address. I pulled out an old Linksys hub and changed my setup:

Cable -> Motorola SBG900 Wireless Router
Motorola SBG900 -> Linksys hub, Win XP Laptop (via WiFi)
Linksys hub -> Vonage Router, Win 7 PC

Now the Win XP and the Win 7 are on the same network and saw each other right away (plus the Win 7 can now see my other wireless devices on the network, such as my Roku player).

All is right with the world again!!!

 

[richyrichuk]

cool, gd stuff sommernyte.