Setup to Share files with windows xp and Lion?

[Colors6]

Hi,

Note - I am not sure if this forum is the right place for this thread. The mods can move it to an appropriate forum if they want.

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I have 2 computers on my home wifi network. One is running Windows XP and the other is running OSX.

Right now Windows XP can access the public folder of OSX via SMB.

I am going to upgrade to the new version of OSX - Lion.

Lion OS does not have SMB. Due to that Windows XP will not be able to access the public folder of Lion OS.

I am looking for an alternate location on my local network where I can put the files that I want to WIRELESSLY share with Windows XP.

Can anyone suggest a cheap solution? Storage of not more than 2 GB would be enough.

 

[steve knight]

Hi,

Note - I am not sure if this forum is the right place for this thread. The mods can move it to an appropriate forum if they want.

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I have 2 computers on my home wifi network. One is running Windows XP and the other is running OSX.

Right now Windows XP can access the public folder of OSX via SMB.

I am going to upgrade to the new version of OSX - Lion.

Lion OS does not have SMB. Due to that Windows XP will not be able to access the public folder of Lion OS.

I am looking for an alternate location on my local network where I can put the files that I want to WIRELESSLY share with Windows XP.

Can anyone suggest a cheap solution? Storage of not more than 2 GB would be enough.

dropbox would work and if you keep it under 2 gigs it is free.

 

[Colors6]

I want a local network solution. I will be sharing 2 gb worth of data every day. I want that to happen in minutes. That won't happen on my low Internet bandwidth.

Putting it on the Internet is not practical/fast for me because of low bandwidth and data capping.

 

[Orlandoech]

Why people still run XP is beyond me... so archaic its unreal. A router with a USB port would allow any system to access it.

I have a Netgear WNDR3700 with an attached 1TB drive to it, paritions NTFS (since the router only sees NTFS, FAT or FAT32 paritions), then I just installed NTFS for MAC. This router costs roughly $130, this may be the cheapest solution.

Cheaper than a TC or a NAS.

 

[Colors6]

Why people still run XP is beyond me... so archaic its unreal.

Because of net books. They have cheap hardware which run well with XP.

 

[SPBMacintosh]

My imac and windows laptop connect automatically through our o2 wireless box, took zero setting up. Both computers recognised eachother when both were turned on and connected to the same network

 

[Colors6]

Is it a NAS?