Thread: How do i get a wirless computer(vista) and a wired computer) XP to communicate?

Ok, i have a laptop that is running vista, that is using wireless. I also have a wired computer(My gaming PC). MY problem is: I haven't been able to find a way to get them to communicate through a LAN setup and share filed between them over the LAN. I would also like to setup a network drive sometime.

Originally Posted by Partyball

Did you share the drives you want shared?

Which drives? I dont have a network hard drive setup yet, something i want to add in the next few months. Right now i just want for them to be able to share files from computer to computer of the LAN.

As long as both PC's are "discoverable" with each having a shared folder, on the same network (usually MSHOME) you should be networked..... I have a mac, xp, and a vista machine all running with a NAS. Its hard to figure out at first, but you just have to make sure all your settings match up machine to machine.

after learning about domains.. workgroups are such a pain to get to work.. lol

ive had the issue as well in the past.. and i didnt know how to fix it... ill be watchin this tread

I recently downloaded Apple's Safari, and it came with a network set up program called Bonjour - it claims to make setting up a network easy. You might want to try that - I haven't tried it yet but maybe someone else has.

I have the exact same network set up - a laptop with Vista on wireless, and a desktop running XP - it took me a bit of fiddling with firewalls and security settings as described above but it worked. The main reason I set up the file sharing was to share the BF2 patches, and the latest Project Reality version without having to download them again.