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re: vista in an XP home network Monday, July 14, 2008 at 3:05 pm Posted by Alan (124 messages posted) Are you trying to use Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) to share your Internet connection through one of the XP machines? One thing, especially if you are using ICS, is to make sure your XP machine that does the serving has either SP3 or LLTD installed. That should allow your Vista computer to see your XP machine. If I remember correctly, an XP SP3 machine does not require the LLTD in order to work with Vista on a network. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: vista in an XP home network Monday, July 14, 2008 at 4:38 pm Posted by Charlie Hadden (854 messages posted) I don't know what the make up of the hub is, but many older routers are either not Vista capable or not without a Vista update to the firmware. I had to dump an old Kingston Hub because of this. Not much loss as it was only 10 mbt, but it did cost me the $14.95 for a newer one that only had 4 ports instead of the 8 I never really needed on the Kingston. Also if I understand your setup you have daisy chained two switches on the new setup. I'm not a big fan of that. It's more of an architectural thing and you would have to live in a pretty big house to need signal amplification. A quick look at the Zonet web site didn't turn up a compatibility list and not knowing the model ##... [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: vista in an XP home network Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 7:34 pm Posted by jbmcmillan (672 messages posted) Could be something as simple as your ISP only allows 2 ip adresses.Just get a wireless router and ditch the hub. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: vista in an XP home network Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 6:28 am Posted by Joe S (7 messages posted) Wrong. I had a wireless a few years ago and it was worthless. Slow, won't always connect, had to reset it all the time. Wired it and it runs 3 times faster then any wireless and is almost bullet proof. Not going backwards. Besides there is something wrong with Vista not the network. On Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 7:34 pm, jbmcmillan wrote: >Could be something as simple as your ISP only allows 2 ip adresses.Just get a wireless >router and ditch the hub. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: vista in an XP home network Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 10:37 pm Posted by Dan Sarandrea, MCSE (6749 messages posted) Operative word = "almost" bulletproof. JBMac gave you good advice and very well may have hit the mark with his suggestion that your ISP is only allowing one IP address downstream of the modem, which would explain why the Vista computer works when directly wired to the modem. With most ISPs, in order to feed more than one computer downstream of the modem, you need a router to perform NAT. Good quality wired-only routers cost about the same as good quality wireless-G routers, so there's no logic in buying a wired-only router. A good quality wireless-G router (Netgear WGR614) costs $39.99 at the major consumer electronics retailers. You can still keep the wired computer connected via wire, and let the new lappy connect wirelessly. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Vista Discussion Forum