Networking a PC and Mac
Hey everyone, im having dificulties networking my PC to My mac, im on osx panther and i have xp on the pc, ive tried doing smb://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx on the mac to try to connect with the firewall down on the pc and it doesent seem to work. i have a d-link router and they are both wired. what do you think?
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what winOS are you using on the PC?
the key is to set the same workgroup name in the mac via Directory Access utility on the mac.
Sunil... he stated he was using Windows XP on the PC.
1.
open the application Applications>Utilities>Directory Access. in this app, you have to configure SMB so that the workgroup name is the same workgroup as your windows one, say "MYSUPERWORKGROUP". now, assuming you have set up ms windows file sharing on winXP and shared folders, etc, you should have no problems on Tiger (update to 10.4.2) accessing the windows shared folders. In the Mac Finder, hit command-K and enter smb://192.168.1.x/ etc etc.... Alternatively, in the Mac Finder, open a new Finder window, click on the Network icon on the left hand side toolbar, and your workgroup name eg. "MYSUPERWORKGROUP" should be there and you can attempt to browse your windows shared folders that way.
2.
a sometimes easier approach is, in System Preferences on the Mac (you still have to do the Directory Access bit in step 1 to make sure workgroup name is the same), Click on Sharing, then turn on and off the Windows File Sharing service as required. When turned on, give it a few seconds, and you should be able to browse your Mac home folders via My Network Places - Workgroup Computers - etc etc in winXP.
side note (3.)
For you suse linux kids, i have found the SMB/CIFS server on suse linux 9.3 to be quite decent, no problems accessing it from my winxp pc, but on the mac i found it best to use CIFS://192.168.1.x etc etc instead of SMB://192.168.1.x etc
on the linux side you have to set up a separate user and password using the terminal command "smbpasswd" otherwise you won't be able to connect properly.
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