Vista Networking Issues, can't see other computers on network?

I have a network that is setup like this: modem--%26gt;Router--%26gt;Switch. Switch is full, so i connected my computer to the router ports. The router config. website shows all the computers from the network on the DHCP client list, but none of them show up on my network. One computer running vista is recognized on the network map, but cannot be accessed. workgroup has already been set, any ideas?

Vista Networking Issues, can't see other computers on network?
Most likely either Windows Firewall is blocking the traffic or you have another firewall installed that is blocking the traffic.





Try making sure that all software firewalls are disabled. then try pinging the ip address of other computers and the router from the different computer to test connectivity. Then try sharing a folder. If you are able to get this to work, then you know it is the software firewalls. Afterwords, you can turn them back on and then set them up to accept the ip addresses of the other computers on your network.
Reply:Here is a link to a site that explains how Vista and XP can't always see each other and how to download a Microsoft patch. I did that and it worked.





http://www.home-network-help.com/vista-n...





This assumes you have Vista and XP computers on the netrwork.