connecting MAC to WINDOWS

[bigkito]

I just got my MBP and im trying to transfer my music from my windows PC, I connected the two with an ethernet cable and under Network Connections on my PC it says "Network Bridge MAC Bridge miniport"

i have no clue of what to do now, does anyone know anything about this

[Gee]

I just got my MBP and im trying to transfer my music from my windows PC, I connected the two with an ethernet cable and under Network Connections on my PC it says "Network Bridge MAC Bridge miniport"

i have no clue of what to do now, does anyone know anything about this

Try reading our Macrumors networking guide here: http://guides.macrumors.com/Networking_Windows_with_Mac_OS_X

[iMinnesotan]

Try reading our Macrumors networking guide here: http://guides.macrumors.com/Networking_Windows_with_Mac_OS_X

Thanks for the link! I've been trying to get this to work as well, although I think at this stage it might be my Windows firewall that's causing the problem.

[ChrisA]

I just got my MBP and im trying to transfer my music from my windows PC, I connected the two with an ethernet cable

Did you use a straight cable or a crossover cable. For a direct hookup without using a switch or router only the crossover cable will work.

All network devices or either "computer-like" or "hub-like" straight cable connect unlike devices, crossover cables are needed to connect like devices.

[Gee]

I just got my MBP and im trying to transfer my music from my windows PC, I connected the two with an ethernet cable and under Network Connections on my PC it says "Network Bridge MAC Bridge miniport"

i have no clue of what to do now, does anyone know anything about this

Oh, and by the way, the 'network bridge MAC bridge' you refer to is nothing directly to do with your Mac. MAC stands for Media Access Control; Mac is short for Macintosh. MAC addresses are unique code numbers that identity networked devices (so your Mac has a MAC address, but so does your PC). Make sense?

Check out the guide I linked to earlier for a step by step about how to do the netowrking - should take about 5 mins if you follow the instructions.

[jeremy.king]

Did you use a straight cable or a crossover cable. For a direct hookup without using a switch or router only the crossover cable will work.

All network devices or either "computer-like" or "hub-like" straight cable connect unlike devices, crossover cables are needed to connect like devices.

Newer macs can auto sense and crossover as needed, so a crossover cable should NOT be necessary.

[setso]

I just got my MBP and im trying to transfer my music from my windows PC, I connected the two with an ethernet cable and under Network Connections on my PC it says "Network Bridge MAC Bridge miniport"

i have no clue of what to do now, does anyone know anything about this

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..on win-xp you can do a search for computers
..search for the real name (can take a while)
..don't forget the firewall (testing on(off)
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