OK, but please explain how this all works:
I run my home network with Netbios & UPNP disabled (for security) on all
computers. Using an XP computer, each computer can see all other computers
(including a Linux file server), see & access each of the folders shared on
each computer, and print to each printer shared on each of the computers.
Except for the server, all computers use DCHP run by a Linksys router.
How can my Vista computer see & access each of the folders shared on each of
the other computers, and print to each printer shared on each of the other
computers? If it happens "right out of the box", what's the Vista equivalent
of "Network Neighborhood" to see the other computers, shared folders, and
shared printers? [Note that, by definition, I cannot specify machines by IP
address.]
If something needs to be changed, what are the *minimum* set of changes
necessary to make Vista home networking have the same functions as XP home
networking?
Thanks.
"Barb Bowman" wrote:
> 1. Vista does not use LLTD to "connect to computers, what you saw in
> the article was that it uses it to place them on the map
>
> 2. Netbios discovery over TCP/IP is still functional - computers are
> discovered, but can't be placed on a map because the protocols don't
> support mapping.
>
> 3. all network functionality still works. in fact if you explorer
> the network, you see very much the same views as in XP (as I
> documented)
>
> On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:25:00 -0800, pcbiker
> <pcbiker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >The article was helpful, but it seems to me that Vista attempted to solve a
> >problem which didn't exist, and it the process created a real problem which
> >will delay its implementation.
> >
> >Specifically, using LLTP Discovery as the *only* method to connect to
> >workgroup computers doesn't seem necessary to me. The TCP/IP discoivery
> >which XP and many previous operating systems supports works just fine for
> >finding workgroup computers, and Vista should use that as a fallback after
> >trying LLTP. If it did that, one could subsitute or add a Vista computer in
> >an existing workgroup by doing nothing. Instead, adding the first Vista
> >machine means that *all possible* XP (and other Op.system) machines must be
> >upgraded for the Vista machine to work correctly. Thanks, but no thanks.
> >
> >"vendor [MS]" wrote:
> >
> >> New Community Column: Windows Vista Home Networking
> >>
> >> Columnist Barb Bowman previews the new networking features and helpful
> >> wizards in Windows Vista that make setting up a network easier than ever
> >> before.
> >>
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...etworking.mspx
> >>
> >> Ask questions or post comments about the article here.
> >>
> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> >>
> >> __
> >> Suzy Gillett
> >> Site Manager, vendor [MS]
> >>
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>
> Barb Bowman
> MS Windows-MVP
> Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>