wireless file transfering, OSX <-> XP Pro???

[whyrichard]

Unfortunately, yes.

So, can you see each computer from the other but just not connect? Or can neither see the other? If you open Network Utility in Applications/Utilities, it'll tell you the IP address of the Mac (Network interface en1 is the wireless one I think). If you try pinging that IP address from the PC (Open up the command prompt from the Run menu, and type ping 10.0.1.1 or whatever), does it ping or not?

when i try to connect the mac to the pc by connecting to server/browse, i do not see the pc.

likewise from the pc when i run/mac name + ip address as the tutorial stickie suggests, nothing happens. no server found.

i'm going to disable share a single ip address from airport utilities and see if that helps...?



THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS!



r.

 

[Gee]

Ok, one last thing that shouldn't work, but the IT guy at works swears it does. Open Network Utility. In the info page, switch the Network Interface to en0. Leave it a bit. Switch it back to en1. Strange but true....
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[whyrichard]

Ok, one last thing that shouldn't work, but the IT guy at works swears it does. Open Network Utility. In the info page, switch the Network Interface to en0. Leave it a bit. Switch it back to en1. Strange but true....
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whoa.



also, i got rid of the wep password on the airport express. and it all works as usual.


so i can't have a password protected airport if i am to do this, huh? seems strange.


thanks for your help!

r.

 

[Westside guy]

so i can't have a password protected airport if i am to do this, huh? seems strange.

That shouldn't matter in the least. I've got WPA on my Airport network, and move stuff back and forth between Windows machines and Macs fairly frequently.