Vista Tutorial - Vista/XP LAN networking problem

Alright I am trying to LAN my computers for file sharing and gaming through
my Linksys (Model #BEFSR41) ethernet router. One is running Vista Home
Premium and one is running XP Home edition. Both are desktops. I've been
working on this for about a month and so far, no go. A few days ago I
installed on my XP the Link-Layer Topology Discover (LLTD) Responder from
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922120. It showed my Vista computer on it
until I restarted the computer. Now its not showing and I've reinstalled the
LLTD many times and theres no change. Both computers are in the same
workgroup with the same account name neither account has a password. When I
go to the Network and Sharing center on the Vista this is the map I get:

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p...ri/compmap.jpg

Can anyone help? This seems like a huge problem for alot of people.

Nevermind, got it fixed. all I had to do was create an account on both
computers with the same name and password.

"Imori" wrote:

> Alright I am trying to LAN my computers for file sharing and gaming through
> my Linksys (Model #BEFSR41) ethernet router. One is running Vista Home
> Premium and one is running XP Home edition. Both are desktops. I've been
> working on this for about a month and so far, no go. A few days ago I
> installed on my XP the Link-Layer Topology Discover (LLTD) Responder from
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922120. It showed my Vista computer on it
> until I restarted the computer. Now its not showing and I've reinstalled the
> LLTD many times and theres no change. Both computers are in the same
> workgroup with the same account name neither account has a password. When I
> go to the Network and Sharing center on the Vista this is the map I get:
>
> http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p...ri/compmap.jpg
>
> Can anyone help? This seems like a huge problem for alot of people.

Thank you for sharing your experience with us. Creating the same username on both computers fixes many issues.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Imori" <Imori@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BB39A3C8-18EE-4F79-9742-7E080588EC13@microsoft.com...
Nevermind, got it fixed. all I had to do was create an account on both
computers with the same name and password.

"Imori" wrote:

> Alright I am trying to LAN my computers for file sharing and gaming through
> my Linksys (Model #BEFSR41) ethernet router. One is running Vista Home
> Premium and one is running XP Home edition. Both are desktops. I've been
> working on this for about a month and so far, no go. A few days ago I
> installed on my XP the Link-Layer Topology Discover (LLTD) Responder from
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922120. It showed my Vista computer on it
> until I restarted the computer. Now its not showing and I've reinstalled the
> LLTD many times and theres no change. Both computers are in the same
> workgroup with the same account name neither account has a password. When I
> go to the Network and Sharing center on the Vista this is the map I get:
>
> http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p...ri/compmap.jpg
>
> Can anyone help? This seems like a huge problem for alot of people.

So i noticed. Kinda annoys me that I went through so much to fix it though
when it was that simple..but hey people, give this a try. Also, I'm not sure
if it helped but at the same time I disabled IpV6 on the Vista. So yeah..best
of luck to you all and God Bless.

"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

> Thank you for sharing your experience with us. Creating the same username on both computers fixes many issues.
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "Imori" <Imori@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BB39A3C8-18EE-4F79-9742-7E080588EC13@microsoft.com...
> Nevermind, got it fixed. all I had to do was create an account on both
> computers with the same name and password.
>
> "Imori" wrote:
>
> > Alright I am trying to LAN my computers for file sharing and gaming through
> > my Linksys (Model #BEFSR41) ethernet router. One is running Vista Home
> > Premium and one is running XP Home edition. Both are desktops. I've been
> > working on this for about a month and so far, no go. A few days ago I
> > installed on my XP the Link-Layer Topology Discover (LLTD) Responder from
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922120. It showed my Vista computer on it
> > until I restarted the computer. Now its not showing and I've reinstalled the
> > LLTD many times and theres no change. Both computers are in the same
> > workgroup with the same account name neither account has a password. When I
> > go to the Network and Sharing center on the Vista this is the map I get:
> >
> > http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p...ri/compmap.jpg
> >
> > Can anyone help? This seems like a huge problem for alot of people