I have a Vista laptop on a network that will not connect to any of the XP
machines on the network.

I am able to access the Vista machine by typing in \\Machine_name where
Machine_Name is the name of the Vista machine.

However I cannot do this the other way.

My main concern is printing from the vista machine to the printer that is
connected to to the XP machine.

Thanks

Can you ping XP computers by IP?

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
"buggedbywinxp" <buggedbywinxp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6D10CD24-8C4D-4054-AB54-923F2AFC2B29@microsoft.com...
I have a Vista laptop on a network that will not connect to any of the XP
machines on the network.

I am able to access the Vista machine by typing in \\Machine_name where
Machine_Name is the name of the Vista machine.

However I cannot do this the other way.

My main concern is printing from the vista machine to the printer that is
connected to to the XP machine.

Thanks

It won't ping the xp from the vista no.

"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

> Can you ping XP computers by IP?
>
> 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
> "buggedbywinxp" <buggedbywinxp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6D10CD24-8C4D-4054-AB54-923F2AFC2B29@microsoft.com...
> I have a Vista laptop on a network that will not connect to any of the XP
> machines on the network.
>
> I am able to access the Vista machine by typing in \\Machine_name where
> Machine_Name is the name of the Vista machine.
>
> However I cannot do this the other way.
>
> My main concern is printing from the vista machine to the printer that is
> connected to to the XP machine.
>
> Thanks
>