This is driving me INSANE so any help would be extremely appreciated (before I go blow up Microsoft).
I've been trying for the last 14 hours now to get connection-sharing working. I'm two laptops, one with Vista with SP1 and a wireless modem connection connected through USB. The other laptop is running XP SP2 and is supposed to get connected through the Vista computer. I'm using only a Cat5e cable to connect them (i.e. no router).
The Vista host keeps saying "unidentified network", while the XP client is stuck at "Limited or no connection". I've tried disabling IPv6, reinstalling the NICs, turning off firewalls for the local connection, and a whole bunch of different settings. Nothing has helped.
I'm perfectly able to share files between the computers, and I can ping between them, but the connection refuses to be shared.
Any help, PLEASE?
I've been trying for the last 14 hours now to get connection-sharing working. I'm two laptops, one with Vista with SP1 and a wireless modem connection connected through USB. The other laptop is running XP SP2 and is supposed to get connected through the Vista computer. I'm using only a Cat5e cable to connect them (i.e. no router).
The Vista host keeps saying "unidentified network", while the XP client is stuck at "Limited or no connection". I've tried disabling IPv6, reinstalling the NICs, turning off firewalls for the local connection, and a whole bunch of different settings. Nothing has helped.
I'm perfectly able to share files between the computers, and I can ping between them, but the connection refuses to be shared.
Any help, PLEASE?