AD-HOC between XP host and VISTA client

[m3rend4]

Hello everyone,

I am sorry to bother you with this, i have seen that there are a few posts out there, but after a week of reading, and trying almost everything that is written, i am about to through my laptop out of the window, so if anyone is kind enough, PLEASE HELP!

So here is the problem, i have an XP desktop, on which i have 3 external HDD's connected. I also have a VISTA laptop, from which i would like to be able to see the HDD's using and AD-HOC wireless network.

Now i would also like to be able to connect to the internet through my laptop, in the same way, but that is secondary at the moment. (the desktop connects to the internet through ethernet)

I have created an AD-HOC network, having the XP as the HOST, and the VISTA as a CLIENT. All firewalls are switched off, all options i can see about sharing are On (ex. vista's Shared Folders options etc)

I connect to the netwrok through my Vista client, and it seems to connect. Though it says 'Network not recognised'. I go into the 'Show full map' and i can see both the Vista and the XP, but i cannot click on the XP or do anything to it.

At this point, my XP host, going into "My Network Places->Microsoft Windows Network->Workgroup", can see my VISTA client, and i can access all the shared files etc.

On the contrary, from my VISTA client, i cannot see my XP host in any way! (and of course i cannot connect to the internet)

Can Anyone help me? I have no idea what is going wrong!!!

Please let me know if you need more info, and what kind. Here are the IPConfig from both:

"WINDOWS XP (Sevice pack 2) HOST:"

Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DELL

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0D-56-6C-40-6C

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 81.202.140.251

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.240.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 81.202.128.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.47.239.27

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 62.42.230.24

62.42.63.52

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, November 16, 2008 12:43:33 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, November 16, 2008 2:43:33 PM



Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : IEEE 802.11g Wireless Cardbus/PCI Adapter #2

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-40-F4-E6-6A-F8

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.99.103

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :



WINDOWS VISTA CLIENT

Windows IP Configuration

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

Wireless LAN adapter ä??ëîå? àå??æàç?? ë??ç???:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1D-E0-4A-3E-1B
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::2de7:2c3d:f54e:c56%10(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.12.86(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 218111456
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter ç?ã??? å??ëîå?:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1C-23-54-DA-45
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter ä??ëîå? ç?ã???? ë??ç???*:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{9522E771-AB4F-40E4-B660-CAD520EF2524}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter ä??ëîå? ç?ã???? ë??ç???* 6:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{37EC3B1F-085B-4E3F-94FE-03A099805CAE}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:169.254.12.86%11(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter ä??ëîå? ç?ã???? ë??ç???* 7:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : ã??åà?æ???à? Microsoft 6to4
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes



Thank you soooo much!

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[Spyrus]

Use a simple Ethernet switch at the end of the cable that connects to the one, problem solved.