MacBook Networking

[Azzar]

Howdy all.

I recently bought a macbook, and set it up with my home network by ethernet cable. I have the internet connected to my PC, and other computers (including my macbook) connect to it via router.

At the beginning all went well, i got the internet working and i could see all the other PCs from the network, the problem is that now i can't see them, i still have the internet shared but i can't find them in the finder.

Anyway any reply would be nice, i searched for it in here and on Apple discussion, but it seems that usually the problem is with internet so i couldn't find anything that would help me.

Thanks in advance.

PS: Sorry for the poor english, not my main language.

 

[MacDaddy08]

I am assuming you are running your home network on a workgroup and not a domain correct? Also, have you recently done an upgrade from Tiger to Leopard or have you had Leopard the whole time? Keep me posted.

 

[Azzar]

Hello, yes im running a network on a workgroup, were my PC is connected to the internet and sharing it. That PC is then connected to a router so all the other devices can access the internet (atm is my brother PC and my Macbook.

I just bought a new 2.4 Macbook so im all new to the mac thing.

 

[MacDaddy08]

Try disabling Leopards firewall. Go into system preferences, click on security, click on firewall and select allow all incoming traffic. See if you can see the other PCs then.

 

[Azzar]

I already had the the firewall set to allow all the incoming traffic, anyway i got it working, needed to reconfigure the networking settings on my PC. Hope it doesn't happen again.

Thanks for all the help m8.

 

[MacDaddy08]

What kind of configurations did you have to change? So that we can know for future problems like this one.

 

[Azzar]

On my PC i went to network connections and follow the wizard to set up my actual connection.

 

[SFStateStudent]

Good to know...

On my PC i went to network connections and follow the wizard to set up my actual connection.

Thanks! (Don't worry about your English here; just type whatever and we should be able to help you. Rule #12 for MacRumors reminds us "not all of us are fluent English speakers (something along those lines)" so be respectful of everyone, regardless of their "English As A Second Language" situation.) Great post by the way.