So When I go to a cmd prompt and look at the network settings with ipconfig or I ping, the IP responses are strange. See below sample. What's that all about? Also I can't seem to connect to the XP computer via the network. Vista says it cannot find the computer. It will not find the computer when I specify the ip address either. I know I'll get responses about checking to make sure there is no firewall, etc.. I've done checked about everything I could think of and still cannot connect to the XP machine. Thanks in advance for your responses. G:\>ping gibbsfamilyPinging GibbsFamily [fe80::28c7:ccc3:21b8:805c%9] from fe80::644c:8a9e:e5c5:644f%9 with 32 Bytes of data: Reply from fe80::28c7:ccc3:21b8:805c%9: time=4msReply from fe80::28c7:ccc3:21b8:805c%9: time=4msReply from fe80::28c7:ccc3:21b8:805c%9: time=3msReply from fe80::28c7:ccc3:21b8:805c%9: time=4ms Ping statistics for fe80::28c7:ccc3:21b8:805c%9:Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:Minimum = 3ms, Maximum = 4ms, Average = 3ms