Forgive me in advance for the long post.
I am the proud new owner of a white MacBook (OS X 10.4 Tiger).
We have two desktop PCs, both running Windows XP.
The two PCs happily coexist on a wired home network, sharing a cable broadband internet connection w/ ethernet, and sharing files & printers.
Here is the strange thing.
My MacBook can share the broadband internet connection but cannot access the home network for file/printer sharing. Neither the PCs nor the Mac seem able to "see" each other. I can't ping the Mac from the PC or vice-versa.
I followed the directions on the well-written post from MacRumors at:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/54704/
More info:
I know the IP addresses, the computer names, networking names, and all the necessary info.
Using Directory Access on the Mac I added it to the same workgroup the PCs are on.
I have enabled Windows sharing via the Mac and have several folders openly shared already between the two PCs.
I have tried all steps over and over, and over and over, with firewalls enabled and disabled, turning the modem and router on and off, and so on.
It seems I have done everything I am "supposed" to do.
*And the strange part is that the MacBook is surfing the web just fine, and the problem doesn't appear to be hardware/router-related or related to our ISP
I am the proud new owner of a white MacBook (OS X 10.4 Tiger).
We have two desktop PCs, both running Windows XP.
The two PCs happily coexist on a wired home network, sharing a cable broadband internet connection w/ ethernet, and sharing files & printers.
Here is the strange thing.
My MacBook can share the broadband internet connection but cannot access the home network for file/printer sharing. Neither the PCs nor the Mac seem able to "see" each other. I can't ping the Mac from the PC or vice-versa.
I followed the directions on the well-written post from MacRumors at:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/54704/
More info:
I know the IP addresses, the computer names, networking names, and all the necessary info.
Using Directory Access on the Mac I added it to the same workgroup the PCs are on.
I have enabled Windows sharing via the Mac and have several folders openly shared already between the two PCs.
I have tried all steps over and over, and over and over, with firewalls enabled and disabled, turning the modem and router on and off, and so on.
It seems I have done everything I am "supposed" to do.
*And the strange part is that the MacBook is surfing the web just fine, and the problem doesn't appear to be hardware/router-related or related to our ISP
