I have set up a wireless peer to peer network with an XP SP2 machine as the server and a Vista Home Premium machine as the client.
The network is active, both client and server report the wireless connection working.
However, I'm unable to ping from one machine to the other - my first test before trying anything more complex.
The XP machine is given an IP through DHCP through an ethernet connection and ipconfig /all reports the IP of the ethernet connection to be 10.71.0.182. If I try to ping this from the Vista machine I get: PING: transmit failed, error code 1231.
If I do the reverse (ipconfig on Vista) the ping request times out.
I also tried hard coding the ips used on both ends of the wireless connection (putting both in the range 192.168.3.x) and got a slightly different result - this time from the Vista machine I get the ping timing out with destination unreachable instead of the error 1231.
What am I doing wrong? The documentation refers to setting up an adhoc network as simple, possible in a couple of minutes to move stuff between machines - I've spent hours and can't get it working!
This Question has been solved and asker verified All Experts Exchange premium technology solutions are available to subscription members.
Experts Exchange has been collecting answers to technology questions since 1996…3 million and counting! If you have a question, chances are we already have your answer.
If you can't find the exact answer you're looking for, ask our exclusive community of 50,000 experts. You’ll get a personalized answer from a trusted professional.
Thousands of free tech tips, tricks, how-to’s and tutorials are available in our peer reviewed articles section. See for yourself how smart our experts are, no login required.
Save solutions to your questions, answers you’ve discovered through searching plus helpful articles in your personal knowledgebase for easy future access.
Access the answers to your technology questions today.
30-day free trial. Register in 60 seconds.
Members of the expert community talk about why the experience at Experts Exchange is different than what you will find anywhere else.
Try it out and discover for yourself.
30-day free trial. Register in 60 seconds.
Join the community of experts here and help other tech pros by answering question in your area of expertise. You can earn FREE access to all Experts Exchange's premium features and resources.
Thank you. Previously I set up the server on the XP side and just connected to it on the client (Vista) side. I followed the instructions for the Vista setup first (as server) and it just worked. I obviously missed something previously - thank you - it was indeed easy - when you follow the instructions you pointed me at!
Business Accounts
Answer for Membership
by: lavionlinePosted on 2008-08-17 at 06:42:43ID: 22246876
First of all ensure that you're setting things up from both ends correctly. Take a look at the following articles which tell you how to configure adhoc wifi in XP and Vista.
http://www.microsoft
http://win
Once done, disable the windows firewall on both the machines as it can easily block traffic between them even if yousetup is correct.