I have a fairly small home network that I run a number of gaming consoles through as well as a pair of personal computers.
The first machine runs Vista / Ubuntu and it runs fantastic. I can stream video and audio to each and every console with no problems at all.
The second machine runs XP and it doesn't seem to work at all. It accesses the internet just fine. The router assigns it the proper IP address each and every time the machine boots up. However, none of the other machines on the network can "see" it and, by extension, there is no sharing of files.
I have been all over the internet, tried about a dozen different things and have been rewarded with zilch for my efforts. I have installed the LLTD thing on the XP machine as instructed by Microsoft. I have made sure they're in the same subnet, same workgroup, and checked file permission I can't tell you how many times. I've checked Netbios settings, disabled and re-enabled simple file sharing along with a dozen different other things that I can't properly recall at 3:22 in the morning.
At one time, they communicated with each other beautifully, but now...not so much. I don't know exactly when the rift occured, but I do know they were working great together right before my great service pack install of '08--both SP1 for Vista and SP3 for XP. Somewhere between then and now, they've had a falling out and refuse to talk to one another. I can ping the XP machine from the Vista machine, but I can't get it to pop up in any window of any kind. Likewise, it doesn't pop up on the list put together by my 360 when I stream music, or my PS3 when I look for media servers. I assume the problem lies with the XP machine, but, at this point, who knows, right?
I'm sure it's just some stupid little setting that I've overlooked, but I can't seem to find the tree for the forest, so to speak. If anyone could provide some help, it would be greatly appreciated.
