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Need some help with tranferring ethernet Mac -> PC

pianodude123

pianodude123

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Hi,

I did search Apple's support website, but the closest thing I could find was this:
Direct connect

To move files by connecting your Mac directly to your PC:

Connect your Mac to your PC using a standard Ethernet cable.
Make sure that both computers are turned on.
In the Finder on your Mac, choose Connect to Server from the Go menu to open the window.
Type your PC's network address in the Server Address text box using one of these formats:
smb://DNSname/ShareName
smb://IPaddress/ShareName
Click Connect.
Follow the onscreen instructions to enter your PC's workgroup name, user name, password, and the volume or folder you wish to access.
Your PC volume should appear on your Mac Desktop.
Open the volume and drag and drop files directly from it to anywhere on your Mac.
When finished, drag your PC volume to the Trash to unmount it.
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But I have having problems because when I connect my PC to one of the ethernet ports on my computer, it does not get a real IP address.. it starts with 169.

How can I set up a direct ethernet to ethernet connection from a PC to a mac?
 
I've already browsed through this thread...

Now I am just wondering... what do I do because my Stinkpad is connected through 802.11B to a router and when I plug the ethernet cord in it does not get a real IP address from the Mac.
 
ok so it is the mac or the pc that is having the problem getting the ip address? if it's the pc then I would recomend going into the network settings propertys menu and setting a static IP address, that should solve your problems
 
The PC gets the IP 169.254.13.221

The Mac Gets the IP:169.254.212.128

Both fake IPs, I assume...

So basically here's my situation:

1 ethernet cable:

one end in a PC...one end in a mac...and GBs of data that need to be transferred.
 
pianodude123 said:
The PC gets the IP 169.254.13.221

The Mac Gets the IP:169.254.212.128

Both fake IPs, I assume...

So basically here's my situation:

1 ethernet cable:

one end in a PC...one end in a mac...and GBs of data that need to be transferred.
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oh no, those IPs will be fine! Just network in the normal way!
 
Whoops.... that'll do it!

Hahaha.. .thanks so much!

But the network preferences on the mac says that it is a "self-assigned" IP...the PC says "limited or no connectivity..."

that was what threw me off..

Thanks a lot.
 
pianodude123 said:
Now its transferring... but is there any reason why it is just moving at 8mB/sec?

I thought it had 100mb/sec connectivity rate?
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Not sure but there is a posabilty that you havn't set your network card to full duplex (Are you using a standard ethernet cable or are you using a crossover? The reason I ask is that although an eathernet cable (historicly) wouldn't work these days it will but transfer speeds will be slower.

The reason it would have said 'little or no conectivity was because you were reading your wireless network status ;) )
 
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