pc/mac home network. Cant configure

delphi

Have been through all help files and still no joy.

Using XP Pc as server (I think) and osx on mac. Tried apple talk and the mac registers the workgroup and my pc name just wont connect.



PC just doesnt see anything at all



Both on ethernet tried with and without router...same results



Any ideas anyone??

ebby

Try setting up Home networking on the PC and connecting to it with a mac. The Mac has the ability to connect to the PC using Microsoft's protocall. That's what I use here, anyways.

guartho

Also, since you didn't mention it, make sure that Windows sharing is turned on in OSX. It's a checkbox under the sharing panel of the system preferences. If you have a firewall on your Mac, make sure that you check to allow Windows sharing through the firewall in the firewall tab.

delphi

Cheers,

will keep you posted.



Delphi

delphi

Nice One!



Got all that sorted out.



Any ideas how to configure internet explorer on the mac to access my broadband connection on the pc?



Ended up using a tcp/ip protocall in network preferences for my network setup.



Cheers

Delphi

r3dx0r

if you just want the mac to use the pcs internet connection, you'll have to set the pcs ip in the macs ethernet settings as router and dns server. that should do it i guess.

ic1male

Quote:

Originally posted by Delphi

Any ideas how to configure internet explorer on the mac to access my broadband connection on the pc?



Ended up using a tcp/ip protocall in network preferences for my network setup.

You should just be able to enable Internet Connection Sharing on your broadband connection. This runs a mini DHCP server and your Mac will then get an IP address from your XP box and configure itself with the right information.