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Re: LAN Connections in XP

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Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:

> But both connect to the router on the same LAN -- my XP computer using
> Ethernet, and my wife's using WiFi.

Some routers let you isolate different network segments (by using
different network segments on each port/wifi to the router).  That is,
they assign a different network segment to each port/wifi connect, allow
outbound connects from each port/wifi connect to the Internet, but do
not allow traffic between the port/wifi connects.

Are all your hosts on the same network segment?  Are that all assigned
something like xxx.xxx.xxx.NNN where the xxx.xxx.xxx portion is the same
for all of them?  Is the submask for each the same?  As per Wiesers
suggestion, you can use ipconfig /all to see the IP address hence
network segment and submask assigned to the NIC(s) in each of your
hosts.

You also need to make sure that each of your hosts and your router are
supporting the same type of IP addressing.  There is IPv4 and IPv6.
While I had hosts that supported both, I had an old router that only
supported IPv4.  When I got a newer router that supported IPv6, it was
assigning both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses to my hosts.  IPv6 is pre-enabled
on Windows Vista+; however, IPv6 is not pre-enabled on Windows XP.  See:

https://www.ghacks.net/2011/02/06/how-to-enable-ipv6-on-windows-xp/

With a router that supports both, your hosts should have both types of
IP addresses assigned but you need to make sure they are within the same
network segment and that your router is not isolating traffic between
its ports/wifi connections.

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LAN Connections in XP Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2017-05-12 10:14 +0200
  Re: LAN Connections in XP "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2017-05-12 10:57 +0200
    Re: LAN Connections in XP Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2017-05-12 20:01 +0200
      Re: LAN Connections in XP "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2017-05-12 21:38 +0200
        Re: LAN Connections in XP Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2017-05-13 01:54 +0200
          Re: LAN Connections in XP Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2017-05-13 12:01 -0500
            Re: LAN Connections in XP Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2017-05-13 20:29 +0200
            Re: LAN Connections in XP Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2017-05-13 20:31 +0200
              Re: LAN Connections in XP Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2017-05-14 10:32 -0500
                Re: LAN Connections in XP Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2017-05-15 05:54 +0200
                Re: LAN Connections in XP VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2017-05-15 03:11 -0500
                Re: LAN Connections in XP Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2017-05-15 11:28 -0300
                Re: LAN Connections in XP Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2017-05-16 06:34 +0200
                Re: LAN Connections in XP Lucifer Morningstar <not@for.resale> - 2017-05-16 14:48 +1000
                Re: LAN Connections in XP Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2017-05-16 09:29 -0300
                Re: LAN Connections in XP Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2017-05-17 05:51 +0200
      Re: LAN Connections in XP VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2017-05-12 15:14 -0500
  Re: LAN Connections in XP Lucifer Morningstar <not@for.resale> - 2017-05-14 09:37 +1000
    Re: LAN Connections in XP Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2017-05-14 06:47 -0300
      Re: LAN Connections in XP Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2017-05-14 10:35 -0500
        Re: LAN Connections in XP Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2017-05-14 13:27 -0300

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