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Title: Thou shalt not mix XP and 7 in the same network
Post by: Perd Hapley on December 31, 2012, 12:06:09 AM

'Cause it encourages binge drinking and domestic violence. And being mean to kittens.

Title: Re: Thou shalt not mix XP and 7 in the same network
Post by: Perd Hapley on December 31, 2012, 12:34:44 AM

Had enough for tonight. I'm going back to watching Twin Peaks, on Hulu.

(No spoilers, please.)

Title: Re: Thou shalt not mix XP and 7 in the same network
Post by: Gewehr98 on December 31, 2012, 12:56:44 AM

Why not?

(Been running a mixed SuSe Linux/XP/Win7 network here with no problems for quite some time, hence my asking...)

Title: Re: Thou shalt not mix XP and 7 in the same network
Post by: ArfinGreebly on December 31, 2012, 01:08:04 AM

Some WiFi routers get confused when a Win7 machine (speaking IPv6) climbs onto the network with a bunch of WinXP boxen (speaking IPv4) and for some reason the Win7 (IPv6) -- even though it will wind up down-shifted to IPv4 -- will prevent some of the WiFi XP boxen from getting an Internet connection.

I have such a router.  I have one laptop that will still not see the Internet, even though it sees everything in the local network.  All the wired units work just fine, it seems to affect only WiFi.

This may or may not be related to the case at hand.

Title: Re: Thou shalt not mix XP and 7 in the same network
Post by: Perd Hapley on December 31, 2012, 02:04:04 AM

At first, I had a 7 and an XP on the same network, and could see the XP on the 7 box. Then I added another 7 (WiFi), and neither of the 7s could see the XP box anymore. Then I added a second XP, which the 7 boxen do see. So I decided to let that ride for a while.

So I checked to see if I could print documents from the (7) laptop, and have them pop out of the printer attached to my (7) desktop. No problem. And both of the XP boxen can see the printer. But they need a driver, to use it. Not sure which. Not sure where to find it. I apparently need the x86 driver to work with the old XP systems. But, bah, it's late. I don't want to analyze any more tonight.

And who killed Laura Palmer?

Title: Re: Thou shalt not mix XP and 7 in the same network
Post by: Perd Hapley on December 31, 2012, 02:04:41 AM

Rhetorical question. I'm only on episode 6. No spoilers, please.

Title: Re: Thou shalt not mix XP and 7 in the same network
Post by: Fly320s on December 31, 2012, 06:47:47 AM

Quote from: fistful on December 31, 2012, 02:04:04 AM

And who killed Laura Palmer?

J.R.

Title: Re: Thou shalt not mix XP and 7 in the same network
Post by: Fitz on December 31, 2012, 09:01:34 AM

Quote from: ArfinGreebly on December 31, 2012, 01:08:04 AM

Some WiFi routers get confused when a Win7 machine (speaking IPv6) climbs onto the network with a bunch of WinXP boxen (speaking IPv4) and for some reason the Win7 (IPv6) -- even though it will wind up down-shifted to IPv4 -- will prevent some of the WiFi XP boxen from getting an Internet connection.

I have such a router.  I have one laptop that will still not see the Internet, even though it sees everything in the local network.  All the wired units work just fine, it seems to affect only WiFi.

This may or may not be related to the case at hand.

If true, this is an easy fix. Disable IPV6 on the win7 machines.

If you're connecting to the router and the router is handing out private IPs anyway, then obviously you're not going to run across an issue where there's not enough available address space. No real reason for the win 7 boxes to use ipv6.