Connecting to a single windows machine using SAMBA
I was wondering what is the proper form to type into the "connect to server" input, what I have listed in O'Reilly's book Mac OS X in a Nutshell is smb://host/sharename. IS it necessary to even use a sharename when connecting to a single machine? I assume that the "host" is the computer id found on Windows in Control Panels -> System ->Network Identifier. Any information would be appreciated.
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Two things you might want to try:
Type smb://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (the machine's IP address): the Mac should interrogate the machine at that address for a login, then interrogate it for shared drives.
Even easier, in the Connect to Server dialogue, click the blue box with the triangle: Rendezvous will run off and hunt for all networked devices, at which point the Windoze box should pop up with its sharename: double-click, login and you're in business.
Hope this is some help...