[G4] Wireless networking

[Valerie Maples]

I have never heard about selected a user name format, plain text or unset. I
actually don't have a password on the X P box, but it doesn't connect if I
don't put password in either.  I will look at the other Web-site you sent me
information on some time tomorrow.

I have FireWire on the X P box, but nothing plugged into it.  Its been
awhile since I had to verify ports, can you remind me where to check that?
That could be a problem.

I'm currently running Mac OS X version 10.3.6.

Thank you for your time!

Valerie

Voice recognition in use; I talk, iListen types, I correct. Neither of us is
perfect.  :-)



On 12/14/04 10:09 PM, "Jim Pacyga" <jim.pacyga at earthlink.net> wrote:

> You don't have something mixed up on the XP machine like plaintext
> password set on one machine, but unset on the other?  If you haven't
> modified anything then both should default to encrypted passwords I
> believe (I know XP does).  That would be the biggest difference I could
> think of as long as your sure about the user name format.
> 
> Are you running firewire on the XP?  If so, can you verify that ports
> 136-138 are open on the XP box?  They need to be for SMB to work.
> 
> Also, what version of MacOSX are you using.  Mine has worked well since
> 10.2 but prior versions were a bit dodgey.
> 
> 
> On 14 Dec 2004, at 19:34, Nick Shank wrote:
> 
>> Valerie,
>> Odd. The only other thing I can think of off the top of my head is, if
>> you know the IP of the windows XP machine, you can type it in like
>> this: smb://x.x.x.x/sharename. Other then that, if you can see the mac
>> shares from the PC, just drop them on the mac from the pc..
>> Nick
>> 
>> 
>> Valerie Maples wrote:
>> 
>>> Dear Nick;
>>> Thanks for your help.  Unless I am trying to access the XP box in the
>>> wrong
>>> way, I have been trying to go to the Finder, click on Network, click
>>> on the
>>> specific network I'm trying to go to, then the machine, which
>>> produces a
>>> connect button.  Clicking on the connect button brings up a window
>>> labeled
>>> "SMB/CIFSFilesystem Authentication" their request need to enter user
>>> name
>>> and password for the X P computer.  It correctly lists the
>>> workgroup/domain,
>>> but it will not accept any combination of user name or password for
>>> that
>>> machine.  Because of that, I cannot get any closer to see any files.
>>> 
>>> Eager I'm not attacking this the correct way or it's not going to
>>> work.  I
>>> know it has worked between to X P machines before, but I can only
>>> access the
>>> Macintosh from the PC, not vice versa.
>>> 
>>> Thank you for your help!
>>> Valerie
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 12/14/04 9:03 PM, "Nick Shank" <nshank at quorumsystems.yi.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Valerie,
>>>> I'm sorry if I'm re-inventing the wheel, but a thought or two.
>>>> 
>>>> 1. Make a folder in C:\ called transfer, or test, or something, then
>>>> share it. See if the mac can get to it.
>>>> 
>>>> 2. XP Shares are pickey when it comes to the mac. If you're trying to
>>>> connect to your my documents, and have made them private, the mac
>>>> won't
>>>> see them. It's a permision's issue, ask Bill.
>>>> 
>>>> 3. The XP Admin share (C$), in my experience, flat out does not work
>>>> on
>>>> the mac.
>>>> 
>>>> Hope that helps,
>>>> Nick
>>>> 
>>>> P.S. If I've already replied to this, sorry. Mail doesn't like my
>>>> out-bound mail server today... :|
>>>> 
>>> 
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