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[scripttron75]

i am using a windows xp sp3 desktop and i am trying to get to my wifes Windows 7 gateway laptop. Both are on the same LAN and workgroup. i however can not ping her static address on her laptop when she is connected via wireless N to our the share router. i go into the router and see that she is connected but from the desktop i can not ping her static address by Ip nor by name does not work. i also tried going thru network places nothing. i am just trying to copy and paste files to her C$ drive. i tried turning off windows firewall on the laptop nothing still does not work.

 

[2xg]

Welcome to SF,

Please disable any Firewall or Security Software for now and see if you can access the C$ Drive.
Failure to ping, number one suspect is a Firewall issue.

If above suggestion didn't help at all please provide an ipconfig /all of the XP and Windows 7 computers for review.
Click on Start => in run or search box type cmd press enter (run as Admin). From the black screen, type the word ipconfig /all and press enter. Right click on the black screen or Command prompt then choose Select All and Paste the results here.

 

[scripttron75]

tried all that already see post. nothing works.

 

[2xg]

Please see below:

If above suggestion didn't help at all please provide an ipconfig /all of the XP and Windows 7 computers for review.
Click on Start => in run or search box type cmd press enter (run as Admin). From the black screen, type the word ipconfig /all and press enter. Right click on the black screen or Command prompt then choose Select All and Paste the results here.

 

[scripttron75]

all my pcs are on the same LAN not using DHCP. static ip's

10.0.0.xxx for both pc's subnet same 255.255.255.0, gateway 10.0.0.xxx, dns is ISP dns.

 

[scripttron75]

for windows 7 there are other adapters in the under ipconfig /all. here is the output of the laptop windows 7

Windows IP Configuration

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

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit Ethernet
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-26-2D-65-BA-A7
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR5B93 Wireless Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 70-1A-04-4D-F1-6A
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.76(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.94.156.1
68.94.157.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.{0930C73F-B6CB-41AD-86B8-8ECF58E4E5C9}:

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 isatap.{1F4EAAEF-C29A-448F-8A25-2C90D29CE754}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e76:3443:1374:f5ff:ffb3(Pref
erred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::3443:1374:f5ff:ffb3%13(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

 

[acurasd]

Just curious why people in HOMES using a class A network and borrowing 16 bits for a subnet mask???? anyone explain that to me....

You would only do that if you wanted more subnets and less hosts... but that usually is not meant for a typical home LAN. Most of the time we use the Class C network with 24 bit subnet for homes to give us 255 hosts of course minus 2 for broadcast and gateway...

 

[scripttron75]

i get what your saying but i want to be different.

 

[acurasd]

I mean there is nothing wrong with it at all. It is still a private used address but I have seen a lot of people from different countries use the Class A network. i was just always bogged by the idea......

 

[fafhrd]

I wonder if first you try doing things the easy way - letting the OS's and router set up the network, first on one machine, then on the next, allowing DHCP and automatic discovery and configuration to get a working network - would be more productive.

If you wish to have a network using 10.0.0.x private addresses, and your router gateway is set at 10.0.0.1, there should be no problem assigning addresses by DHCP to Windows XP or 7 hosts, which can later be assigned static addresses, when all is working satisfactorily.

Networks are complex assemblies of services working together and modern operating systems do an amazing job of automating the process. I remember the old days of networking Windows 3.1 and DOS 5.0 using Novell Personal Netware manually, and the amount of time taken configuring each machine. And then there was the cabling...

I run my Workgroup/Homegroup network wirelessly between several laptops, only using IPv4, and variously connecting between Windows XP, Windows 7 and Linux multibooting systems. I won't say that there haven't been problems, but if I had to manually set up each machine I'd be rather more grey-haired than I am already.

 

[2xg]

Failure to ping is more a Firewall issue...and Firewall is off, no Security software?

What's the Node Type on the other computer? If it's Peer to Peer, that's an issue.
The one that you posted has 'Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid'

Make sure that you have an Identical UserName and Password on both computer.

You may also try enabling the Guest Account for now and see if it helps.

 

[scripttron75]

thanks 2xg will do!!

 

[play2mefish]

Also, can the Win7 laptop ping the XP computer? If so, you can then copy files from the XP box to the laptop using the Laptop...instead of the other way around.