Actual combat: Vista and XP achieve LAN connectivity

  
                  The network problem has always been a concern of netizens. The problems of unreasonable and slow single-computers are well solved. With the vista platform, the network faces the problem of LAN networking and sharing across the new platform. Is it like the windows2000 system and the windowsxp system? Many users cannot be determined without personal experience.

Building a network

Today, the author used two computers to jointly set up a network of two machines, using Windows Vista and WindowsXP as a docking machine to realize LAN interconnection and interoperability, and hope to find a solution. Sharing issues with Vista and other systems. First, prepare two computers with the operating system installed, one for Vista and one for XP, then make the twisted pair and the router, and use the network cable to connect the two devices according to the usual connection. After completing the above, the related settings will be started.

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Windows Firewall settings First, open the Vista system control panel, click on security in the windows firewall (Allow a program through Windows Firewall), and their cases In the options, check the file and printer sharing, and then check the network discovery item. If this item is not selected, the Vista platform will be unable to connect to the host when accessing other network computers and being accessed by other computers. The network discovery feature lets it automatically find third-party computers. (Fig a)



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two, file sharing, service starts


Next Open Control Panel - Network and Internet - Set up file sharing to verify that file sharing, printer sharing, and public folder sharing are enabled on your computer. (Figure 2)


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and enter services.msc Start Run menu to call up the service items, which will be set in the automatic Server, and manually Try to start the service. If this item fails to start, the computer cannot support file, print, and named pipe sharing over the network.

Then change the Workstation service to automatic startup to ensure that the connection between the client network and the remote server is created and maintained through the SMB protocol. If you want XP and Vista to communicate with each other in the network neighborhood, you must Start the ComputerBrowser service to refresh the list of maintenance network computer updates.

Tip:

Here is the route to obtain IP, so to determine whether DHCPClient has been started, so that the system can get the IP address from the router correctly, if not enabled, the computer will not be able to Receive dynamic IP addresses and DNS updates. If this service is disabled, all services that explicitly depend on it will not be able to start.
Third, set up a working group with the IP segment

the operating system platform for two different machine set to the same working group or you can use the default WorkGroup, (Note: The different working groups can be found, However, the computer name cannot be the same. It is customary to set it to the same working group for easy management. If the router automatically assigns an IP address, in the General tab, select Obtain an IP address automatically and confirm the save. Note: Choose to automatically obtain the DNS server address, because some networks require the DNS server address to be set. Otherwise, the Internet may not be able to resolve the domain name properly.

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non-automatic IP assignment, or use the card directly connected to the crossover lines, necessary to set up IP. Set the ip address in ipv4 (vista user) on the local or wireless link property page, for the same network segment and mask, gateway, for example IP is 192.168.1.X (2 ≤ X ≤ 255, (note the network Do not fill in the same IP on the computer, otherwise it will cause conflicts. Subnet mask fills in 255.255.255.0, and then confirms to save.

If the two computers share the Internet by means of dual network cards, they have dual network cards. That computer is the host, the network card 1 is connected to the public network, and the network card 2 is connected to another computer. At this time, the gateway of another computer is required to fill in the IP address of the network card 2, and the machine does not need to be filled again.

Fourth, account management


after the above settings, two computers can use the other platform that is licensed user name, password, exchange visits, but to be safe, to be here again Create a new account on the two computers, and identify the user group, then add a password of more than six digits, and delete the GUEST user account, in case something goes wrong.

FAQ

To the non-VistaHome home version of Vista If you find that another computer cannot be accessed according to the above scheme, you need to enter gpedit.msc in the non-Vista system running project to bring up the Group Policy configuration page, and then open it:

Computer Configuration-Windows Settings - Security Settings - Local Policies - User Rights Assignment, check if there is anyone in the user group accessing this computer from the network. If not, add it, then check if there is anyone in the project that refuses to access this computer from the network. If yes, you will need to It can be deleted. (Small Tip: VistaHome Home Edition No Group Policy Tool).
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