Networking with PC at home

Are you networked on a wireless connection? Just wondering if one of them is in the outskirts of wireless reception.

Also, are your settings the same as they were with your Powerbook?

 

millerrh,

I'm having exactly the same problem with my G5 and my PC laptop.

The same error with alias and yes, my PC can access my mac.

I also tried the guide above with no luck.

If I figure it out, I'll let you know.

Maybe it's time for a Macbook.

 

Use the connect to dialog and put in the ip address of the PC

i've had this same issue crop up and doing this tends to work.

the shortcut is apple-k. then smb://<ip address of PC>

 

On your PC you have to manually go in and make whatever folders you want to acess "public" or somethign or another give me a couple seconds. Its a lil different but same concept please hold

How to make folders on your PC "shareable"
1. Find the folder on your PC
2. Select the folder and Right Click and go to Properties
3. Click the Sharing Tab
4. "Share this Folder"
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How to connect to the shared folder on your mac--
1. Finder than Conect to Server "apple key+K"
2.Click Browse
3. Click Network on the left
4. Wait a few seconds till you see your computer name on the right
5. Click on the name and than click Connect on the right
6. Type in your username and password for the comptuer if you have one
7. Select the folder that you want to access after making it "shareable" on your PC

now you should see that folder on your desktop!

This is on my Win2K system so adjust if the 1st part if you need it on XP shouldnt be to difficult

 

Have you ruled out the possibility that firewall software, even that which is said to be built into Windows XP, is blocking your PC from responding to requests to connect?

I say 'said to be built into' because I haven't actually used XP, so I'm not sure what it's called or if it's enabled by default. My last Windows install has been Windows 2000, which continues to work, so I didn't buy XP to upgrade it. That machine's on the home network. Haven't even booted it in, hmm, must be 6 mos. now.

 

Is Windows Sharing checked on your Mac? Might help but im not sure...

Mae sure on the permissions "Everyone" is checked on your PC..
and definatley check the firewall on your PC or even your router...

 

The name and password you use to log in have to be the PC's name and password which has priviledges to that folder...

 

Is your Mac on the same Windows Workgroup as your PC?

To check to see what Workgroup your Mac belongs to:

1) Navigate to Applications->Utilities
2) Open Directory Access
3) Highlight SMB/CIFS and press Configure

 

Have you tried rebooting the PC? I had this problem occur a few months ago and a PC reboot fixed the problem. Not 100% sure why the problem occurred, but I figure it has something to do with the router. The PC was a laptop with a wireless card, and I was trying to connect to it from my wired Mini. Got both errors you received and a PC reboot seemed to fix it.

 

I had the same problem -- I started a thread about it here. It turned out to be a problem with permissions on the Windows side of the network. I wrote:

Hope this helps.