Sharing connection between Vista and XP

[Mortac]

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?

 

[Slowlearner]

Do yourself a favor and get a cheap router. Otherwise check the networking forum - for internet connection sharing.

 

[Mortac]

I'll try that, thanks.

I will not be getting a router however because I'm living abroad for a few months and don't want to throw any money on getting equipment. Electronics are not that cheap in certain places.

 

[TheKub]

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You can't directly connect two PCs with a regular Cat5 cable. You need a cross over cable (or a switch\hub\router).