On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:07:09 -0800, No Spam <nospam@nospam.nospam>
wrote:
>In article <bph9n51c7ppmnekj9omobbc0euntqhr0pa@4ax.com>
>Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:19:43 -0800, No Spam <nospam@nospam.nospam>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>In article <00ec767c$0$25607$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>
>>>not@home.com wrote:
>>>
>>>>Is there a trick to get Windows 7 and Windows XP Pro to network? I cannot
>>>>seem to get them to work together.
>>>
>>>Can you give more details?
>>>
>>>What is not working?
>>>File sharing, printer sharing, other?
>>>
>>>Do they ping each other?
>>>Are they on the same subnet?
>>>Is the default gateway the same?
>>
>>Not to derail the discussion, but in the context of networking within
>>a single LAN segment, a default gateway isn't even required, let alone
>>required to be the same.
>
>
>He is obviously on a simple home network.
I agree, which is why the gateway has nothing to do with the issue.