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dualburn001

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Hey I was just wondering how I can network my iMac g4 and my dad's dell running win2k. Both are already on a router sharing broadband and i would like the dell to share the mac's printer as well
Tahnks for the help.

edit: the g4 is running os 10.2
 
Re: mac-pc networking

Originally posted by dualburn001
Hey I was just wondering how I can network my iMac g4 and my dad's dell running win2k. Both are already on a router sharing broadband and i would like the dell to share the mac's printer as well
Tahnks for the help.

edit: the g4 is running os 10.2
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Really simple: In network preferences, select the ethernet adapter on the mac, then enable Appletalk

When that is complete, in finder press cmd-k to connect to the server, it will see the windoze box. Select it and connect, then follow the onscreen directions to mount the shared folders file...

People will suggest otherwise, but this is the least hassle... I have my g4 Powermac sharing the internet with windoze boxes like you, so like yours, they were technically already on the same network.

When I got my mac the applecare idiots tried to walk me through several other ways to network the computers but none worked. I hope that helps... post if you need more help
 
and if i t helps im more interested in getting files on the dell from the mac
 
steeleclipse,

I have tried your method and many others but I am never able to get the winXP machines drive to mount on my mac. I am able to see and connect to my mac through my network places in windows explorer on the PC however.

The problem on the mac is after launching the connect to the server my windows network shows up and i am able to see my PC machine. I click to connect and and it brings up a box with workgroup name, user name and password. I enter all this in but when it attempts to connect it fails everytime. I know I am entering the right workgroup and the user im connecting as has an account on my PC.

I have been trying to get this to work forever...any ideas ?
 
dual: it didnt work???

army: you have it all connected properly if that screen comes up.. now it comes down to user settings. On the PC, make sure there is one network name, and the pc is named. If at all possible, don't use a user name and password... thats what I do.. I don't have any probleems connecting to an XP box
 
Originally posted by zer0army
steeleclipse,

I have tried your method and many others but I am never able to get the winXP machines drive to mount on my mac. I am able to see and connect to my mac through my network places in windows explorer on the PC however.

The problem on the mac is after launching the connect to the server my windows network shows up and i am able to see my PC machine. I click to connect and and it brings up a box with workgroup name, user name and password. I enter all this in but when it attempts to connect it fails everytime. I know I am entering the right workgroup and the user im connecting as has an account on my PC.

I have been trying to get this to work forever...any ideas ?
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howd u get ur xp machine to see your mac?
 
steeleclipse,

my XP machine is on a larger network where the workgroup is named HOME and my Machine is named JON. I tried connecting with just the workgroup name field filled out as HOME and left the user name and password blank. Still fails.

Do you have SP1 installed on your XP Box ?


dualburn001: If you mac is on the same network as your PC then just turn on windows file sharing in System Prefs >Sharing.

Then in windows explorer >My Network Places> then your mac should show up where any others machine on the network are
 
yes i have SP1... dont you? Pirate. :D

dual: you dont have to... when you mount the shared file on your mac desktop, just put anything you want to send to your PC in that file... trust me... although it may not be the most convenient way, when trying to share multiple folders, and even desktops, you are bound for trouble (between Mac and PCs)
 
Originally posted by zer0army
Yes I have SP1 as well...Was just wondering if that had anything to do with it still not working for me.
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Sorry man. This is definitely not my field of expertise. If you need some help with photoshop, quark, illustrator, ID2, etc. I am your man, but not for networking :D
 
ok thanks anyways.....but since you brought it up I do have a question about Illustrator that I forgot about for awhile now. After installing the 10.0.3 update the startup screen still displays 10 not 10.0.3

And System info still reads 10. What happened to the updates being displayed ?
 
If you see the machine (as smb://...) that's 90% of the battle. You need to log into the W2K machine. I suggest going to it and creating a local user. You may need to change the SMB workgroup. Then when you go to that machine, log in as the user you created.

It works perfectly, believe me. You just need to make sure your i's are dotted and your t's crossed.
 
thanks for all of your help but sadly I have not yet been able to get it to work
 
go to your system preferences
click on the sharing icon
check the windows file sharing icon
now look in your network preferences and find your IP address

go to the windows box
open internet explorer
type \\mac'sIP address in the address bar

log in if necessary...DONE
 
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