You did not indicate whether or not you had downloaded and installed the
"Link Layer Topology Protocol Responder" on your XP computer. Apparently
Vista uses LLTP and won't recognize your XP computer on a network until the
responder is installed on it. Hope this helps

"Edo" wrote:

> Thanks for your help.
>
> Unfortunately, the two computers still can't see each other. I've tried
> setting some folders on my XP computer as shared but I still can't see them
> from my Vista notebook. When I connect to the network, it is displayed as
> Undefined Network instead of the name I gave to it. And when I try to see the
> computer connected to the network, no computer is displayed.
>
> I think I'm doing something wrong with the configuration of the ad hoc
> netowrk. Can you explian to me how to set up the wireless ad hoc network on
> xp and vista? Do I have to configure some IPs ?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
>
>
> "Mick Murphy" wrote:
>
> > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx
> >
> > Have a read of the above; it should help.
> >
> > Make sure the 2 computers have the same workgroup name.
> > Start-computer-right click-properties-computer name-etc. WORKGROUP
> > I assume that you can connect the Vista to your wireless network by Start>
> > Connect to> Follow prompts, including WEP or WPA.
> >
> > In Vista Network and Sharing
> > Network Discovery:ON
> > File Sharing:ON
> > Public Folder Sharing:ON (This is the old XPs shared Docs)
> > Password Protected:OFF
> >
> > You will have to sort out the sharing in XP as well.
> >
> > "Edo" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I have a problem related to ad hoc networks. I have a router connected to a
> > > modem which is connected to Internet. The router is conencted wirlessly to my
> > > home pc with windows xp (I know this is a vista newsgroup). I've always used
> > > the router just to connect to the internet, but now I've bought a vista
> > > notebook and I need to share the folders on my desktop (w xp) with my laptop
> > > (vista). I wanted to create an ad hoc network but it seems to be impossible.
> > > No way to get the two computers connected. It must be a problem with the ip
> > > address but i have no clue how to solve it.
> > >
> > > Could anyone help me to configure the windows vista and the windows xp
> > > computers to recognize each other?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance