http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u.../wireless.mspx

The above is how to for XP wireless. Vista is a cinch once you set up XP.
And I do the manual way above.

"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