Vista Workgroup help!

SO we bought a new dell with vista 32 biz on it. We have a workgrou
comprised of 4 xp machines. One of them is the "server" basically
share that we use to run a program on all the clients. They are al
networked with a cisco 8 port switch. There is no domain in this setu
either just the switch and the other pc's. I can not get the vista p
onto the workgroup. The switch shows no link light from the new pc an
the pc acts like there is no cable plugged in. I'm sure all the hardwar
is working too.

Any ideas??

Thanks

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> SO we bought a new dell with vista 32 biz on it. We have a workgroup
> comprised of 4 xp machines. One of them is the "server" basically a
> share that we use to run a program on all the clients. They are all
> networked with a cisco 8 port switch. There is no domain in this setup
> either just the switch and the other pc's. I can not get the vista pc
> onto the workgroup. The switch shows no link light from the new pc and
> the pc acts like there is no cable plugged in. I'm sure all the hardware
> is working too.
>
> Any ideas??
>


Bad port or cable.

bigdeps;1545313 Wrote:
> SO we bought a new dell with vista 32 biz on it. We have a workgroup
> comprised of 4 xp machines. One of them is the "server" basically a
> share that we use to run a program on all the clients. They are all
> networked with a cisco 8 port switch. There is no domain in this setup
> either just the switch and the other pc's. I can not get the vista pc
> onto the workgroup. The switch shows no link light from the new pc and
> the pc acts like there is no cable plugged in. I'm sure all the hardware
> is working too.
>
> Any ideas??
>
> Thanks!
Cables have been replaced and another device works there.

Thanks


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> bigdeps;1545313 Wrote:
>> SO we bought a new dell with vista 32 biz on it. We have a workgroup
>> comprised of 4 xp machines. One of them is the "server" basically a
>> share that we use to run a program on all the clients. They are all
>> networked with a cisco 8 port switch. There is no domain in this setup
>> either just the switch and the other pc's. I can not get the vista pc
>> onto the workgroup. The switch shows no link light from the new pc and
>> the pc acts like there is no cable plugged in. I'm sure all the hardware
>> is working too.
>>
>> Any ideas??
>>
>> Thanks!
> Cables have been replaced and another device works there.
>
> Thanks
>
>

Is the port on the computer enabled, and is it functioning. It always takes
two ends to make a connection.

Hi
Maybe this can Help, the following page was written for Win XP, the menu
location in Vista are different but the principle is the same.
http://www.ezlan.net/debug.html
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking).

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> "bigdeps" <> wrote in message
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>> bigdeps;1545313 Wrote:
>>> SO we bought a new dell with vista 32 biz on it. We have a workgroup
>>> comprised of 4 xp machines. One of them is the "server" basically a
>>> share that we use to run a program on all the clients. They are all
>>> networked with a cisco 8 port switch. There is no domain in this setup
>>> either just the switch and the other pc's. I can not get the vista pc
>>> onto the workgroup. The switch shows no link light from the new pc and
>>> the pc acts like there is no cable plugged in. I'm sure all the hardware
>>> is working too.
>>>
>>> Any ideas??
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>> Cables have been replaced and another device works there.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>
> Is the port on the computer enabled, and is it functioning. It always
> takes two ends to make a connection.
>
>

Check the network properties list in each of the WinXP systems for a component
called the Link-Layer Topology Discovery (LLTD) Responder. If the LLTD
Responder component is not installed on the Windows XP-based computers they
won't be seen in Vista's Network Map.

Here's a link to an MS fix for the WinXP systems. Note, if they are up to SP3,
the downloadable version (v5) probably won't to anything, so then simply request
the hotfix patch (v6) and apply to all WinXP-SP3 systems.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922120

Good luck!

"bigdeps" <> wrote in message
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> bigdeps;1545313 Wrote:
>> SO we bought a new dell with vista 32 biz on it. We have a workgroup
>> comprised of 4 xp machines. One of them is the "server" basically a
>> share that we use to run a program on all the clients. They are all
>> networked with a cisco 8 port switch. There is no domain in this setup
>> either just the switch and the other pc's. I can not get the vista pc
>> onto the workgroup. The switch shows no link light from the new pc and
>> the pc acts like there is no cable plugged in. I'm sure all the hardware
>> is working too.
>>
>> Any ideas??
>>
>> Thanks!
> Cables have been replaced and another device works there.
>
> Thanks
>
>
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