networking mac and pc with firewire

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• Reply 1 of 4

  doctorbertz Posts: 3member

  July 6, 2004 11:46PM

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  Originally posted by dage007
  
  Does anyone know how to network a pc using xp pro and a G5 using panther?
  
  
  
  I thought this would be pretty easy but ran into some problems.
  
  
  
  On the mac I assigned the firewire networking its own IP and I did the same thing on the PC with the firewire card.
  
  
  
  After that I made sure that networking with firewire was enabled on the mac etc...
  
  
  
  Tried to see each other and was a no go, any ideas?
  

  
  

  
  
  I've done this several times, on a few different Apple machines. It has always worked quite well for me. Sounds like you're doing it right. Double-check your IP configuration, cable, etc...
• Reply 2 of 4

  ebby Posts: 3,110member

  July 7, 2004 2:34AM

  I've gotten Mac - Mac firewire to work now&then. It is not the most stable network and I have had a few kernel panics using it. If Mac-Mac networks barely work from this unofficial technology, I doubt a Mac - PC network would work well. But, by all means, surprise me! Than tell us how you did it.
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  dage007 Posts: 320member

  July 7, 2004 7:10AM

  well I basicly disabled all the firewalls on both mac and pc. Set up each firewire IP on the systems with same mask etc... and I cant even pind the new IP I assing the mac or the pc, so something is weird there. Not sure maybe it's just cheaper to buy a gig network card for the pc and go through a gig switch or somehting.
  
  
  
  DD
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  jwink3101 Posts: 739member

  July 7, 2004 3:51PM

  try following the exact instruction at http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...31112091634533
  
  
  
  They have worked for me and my 12" powerbook G4