Can only ping in Vista - Nothing else. 1

[tangerine0072000]

After performing an upgrade from XP Pro to Vista Ultimate, I appear now to have a strange network problem !

I have physical connectivity and can ping devices, but nothing else. I can't even telnet my router from the command line.

I have removed all drivers, uninstalled all protocols and re-installed everything again and still I can only ping and nothins else. Even an ns-lookup fails.

Any ideas ??

 

[linney]

Windows Vista has made some important changes to the way that file and printer sharing works. This article describes the changes and provides step-by-step instructions for sharing files and printers and connecting to shared files and printers for a small-office or home office network."


File and Printer Sharing in Windows Vista

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/evaluate/vista_fp.mspx#E5B

 

[firewolfrl]

linney,
What a great link. I just got a laptop with Vista Ultimate and muscled and winged it. You might mention that the Vista Home is crippled in the network department

 

[linney]

I always thought both of the Vista "Home's" to be on par with XP Home in that respect. Other than that I'm not sure what you mean? There is another thread nearby that is talking about getting IP's from a DHCP Server and that being a problems from Home Premium.

Vista Home cannot obtain IP Address
thread1583-1372543

 

[Borvik]

I have Vista and ran into the same problem (couldn't telnet), and found out that telnet is not installed by default. You have to install it in order to use it.

Also of note, several commands are not available right off the bat because of the mode the command line is run in. In order for full functionality you need to start it as administrator. Unfortunately though your user may appear to be the administrator, it is not - there is a hidden administrator user that it must be run as.

From the "Start" menu you type in cmd in the search to find the command prompt. Right click on "cmd.exe" and choose "Run as administrator."

Hope that helps you out.

 

[linney]

Borvik,

That was a good spot about Telnet and Vista, I'm sure that will trip up a lot more people before it becomes widely known.

"To install Telnet Client.

Click the Start button , click Control Panel, click Programs and Features, and then click Turn Windows features on or off. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

In the Windows Features dialog box, select the Telnet Client check box.

Click OK. The installation might take several minutes."



As for the "hidden administrator", it's more to do with elevated privileges. By default, all users in Vista run with standard privileges, even administrators, unless you elevate the privilege via the "Run as administrator" command.

 

[Borvik]

Right linney - I'm used to scaling down to my co-worker's level so they can understand it (unfortunately very low). I like your description of it (administrator bit) better.