networking wireless and ethernet

[whyrichard]

Hello good mac people,

i have been networking my mac and my windows pc.

both use wireless to access the net.

however i use ethernet to connect them to each other.... i thought i had a handle on this but apparently i don't...

-how do i connect the mac and the pc to each other through ethernet, to share files/synergy/etc... while still having them access the net through wireless?


thanks,
r.

 

[EricNau]

Are you using a hub/switch/router between the computers or just an ethernet cable?


If you aren't using a hub or switch, traditionally you would need a crossover ethernet cable to connect one computer to another without any intermediate devices (although I am not sure this is still that case).

Exactly what problem are you experiencing?

 

[Fearless Leader]

no he doesn't need a crossover, his mbp (?) takes care of that.

Yes we need more info.

 

[whyrichard]

thanks for your help...

no crossover cable, macbookpro hooked up with an ethernet cable to the back of my desktop computer...

the problem is that i can network the two, file transfers through shared folders etc, only when my airport card is active on my macbook. when i turn it off, and have the ethernet cable hooked up, there is no ability to network the two computers.


am i missing something?

thanks again,
r.

 

[mkrishnan]

Have you tried release/renewing DHCP on the Windows computer? It may not automatically be creating an ethernet connection when it already has wireless connection.

Although, quasi-relatedly, when I did this with two macs, I found that it did automatically configure a second connection, but it wasn't clear that it forced data through the higher speed connection without turning off airport. Maybe I need to try this again.

 

[whyrichard]

fixed! needed to install the ethernet driver (of course i forgot to do this when i changed the motherboard on the pc)!


thanks,
r.