XP Vista conflict on internet access?

[steveky]

Is there a known conflict with XP and Vista accessing the internet on the same broadband connection. Any help would be appreciated
Steve [img]/forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif[/img]

[mgmcc]

Definitely not. I have XP Home, XP Pro, Vista, Windows 7 and Mac OS X accessing the internet via a router on the same broadband connection. The operating system is immaterial, as all computers communicate with the internet using TCP/IP protocol.

What is the actual problem that you're experiencing?

[steveky]

Hi Mike

when I plug the vista pc into the router I can get the connection to the local area network but not the internet, If I unplug the wireless router(thereby disconnecting the 2 XP laptops and the XP pc) the vista will connect to the internet, if I then replug the wireless back in it wont allow the XP's to connect, I then have to disconnect the broadband modem and the vista pc then reconnect the XP's then reconnect the broadband modem for them to work but then the vista doesn't connect to the internet but shows the lan. all very odd it's as if the vista won't play ball when the XP's are using the internet. any help greatly appreciated
Steve

[mgmcc]

There is a very common problem (bug?) with Vista's networking where a network adapter can connect with "Local" but not "Internet" access. I haven't, unfortunately, come across a definitive solution to the problem. It is discussed in this Microsoft Article although no solution is offered.

It appears to arise in computers with more than one network adapter installed, so that Vista is unable to determine which adapter should be providing internet access. If you have more than one adapter ("Local Area Connection" and "Wireless Network Connection"?), try disabling whichever is not being used.

If that doesn't work, go into Services ("Start > Run", type services.msc and click OK), then disable:
<ul type="square">[*]Network List service[*]Network Location Awareness service[/list]Doing this will give an indication in the Notification Area (System Tray) that you don't have a LAN or Internet connection, although it should actually still work.

[steveky]

Thanks for the advice, that is exactly what it is doing, going straight through the router to which it is connected to the wireless router as if by the backdoor cos when I go 192.168.2.1 it brings up the wireless router setup, stopping the 2 services you suggest didn't work but thanks again for taking the time to help
Regards
Steve [img]/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[mgmcc]

<font color="navy">"that is exactly what it is doing, going straight through the router to which it is connected to the wireless router as if by the backdoor"</font>

Do you have two routers in your network and, if so, how is everything set up?

[steveky]

Sorry perhaps my terminology is wrong. I have the VM modem connected to an edimax router into which the vista pc is connected and the edimax wireless "box" is also connected through which I pick up 2 wireless XP laptops and an XP pc with a belkin wireless gaming adapter connected, I can get all the XP's working together but the vista won't but if I disconnect the wireless and reset the modem the vista will connect to the internet no problem but the XP's are then disconnected, when the XP's are working the vista connects to the local network but not to the internet, if that makes sense
Steve

[mgmcc]

Presumably the Edimax "wireless box" is actually a Wireless Access Point to implement wireless connectivity to the router?

A wireless router incorporates a Wireless Access Point, but the same result can be obtained by plugging a separate Wireless Access Point into a wired-only router. However, a separate Wireless Access Point will have its own IP address and it is possible that you have an IP address conflict, i.e. the Wireless Access Point has a fixed IP address which is the same as that being allocated by the router to another computer in the network. If the Vista PC was being given the same IP address by DHCP as that of the W.A.P. you could have the problem that you're experiencing - either the Vista PC can get online or the PCs connected to the W.A.P., but not both.

[steveky]

Mike
Thanks for your help, it is a wireless access point, I will try playing around with the vista ip addresses to see if that helps
Thanks again
Steve