Networking PC and Mac
I am trying to network my 15" 1.25ghz powerbook and my family's xp machine. I have an airport Extreme base station that connects to the internet via the modem. The powerbook connects to it using airport, but the xp box is plugged into the lan port of the base station.
The problem I am having is that the xp machine and powerbook can't see eachother. Every once in a while the xp box will show up in the finder as a dimmed out icon and when I click on it and enter my password, it says the original can't be found.
File and printer sharing is turned on on both machines. The firewalls are turned off on both computers. I pinged my xp box and everything went through ok. iTunes sharing also works fine.
Any help would be appreciated, this has me completely confused.
The problem I am having is that the xp machine and powerbook can't see eachother. Every once in a while the xp box will show up in the finder as a dimmed out icon and when I click on it and enter my password, it says the original can't be found.
File and printer sharing is turned on on both machines. The firewalls are turned off on both computers. I pinged my xp box and everything went through ok. iTunes sharing also works fine.
Any help would be appreciated, this has me completely confused.
Comments
thanks in advance,
SM
If you haven't, you need to do this:
smb://10.20.1.1/winHome
replace 10.20.1.1 with the actual IP of the winBox and winHome with the name of the winBox directory you're connecting to (usually C).
Well I have a different problem now.
I am trying to share the printer on the xp box. It doesn't show when I try to install it on my mac. I choose the Windows printing option, click on my xp box, and no printers come up. Anyone have any ideas? thanks