[G4] Wireless networking

Mon Dec 27 13:34:36 PST 2004

Valerie-

I do seem to recall a problem with Windows XP Pro and null passwords. 
In order to get a blank password to work, I believe you had to change a 
few things with the group policy editor. If that is indeed the problem, 
the simplest solution would be to assign a password.
I actually thought you were getting a message about "The alias xxx 
could not be found..."

Eric Volker
ebv1 at charter.net

On Dec 27, 2004, at 3:05 PM, Valerie Maples wrote:

> It still wants a username and password; same stumbling block as I had 
> from
> the other access method.  :-(
>
> Maybe I will need to assign a password... Something I really do not 
> want to
> do, but it is looking like the null password is the problem?
>
> Valerie
>
>
> On 12/27/04 2:36 PM, "Eric Volker" <ebv1 at charter.net> wrote:
>
>> Let me issue a quick disclaimer: I'm not sure this will help you out.
>> But it has worked for me many times with troublesome Windows to 
>> Windows
>> connections. Finding the IP address on a Windows machine requires a
>> trip to the command prompt. Click on Start>Run, then enter "cmd" and
>> click OK. You should get a black DOS screen. Type in "ipconfig" and 
>> hit
>> enter. The IP address will be one parameters that's printed out. Then
>> go to the Finder on your Mac, click on Go>Connect to Server and enter
>> "smb://192.168.1.1". Substitute your Windows machine's IP address for
>> the 192.168.1.1 in the above command. I don't know if that'll help 
>> you,
>> but it's certainly worth a try.
>>
>> One problem with this method is that if the IP address changes on your
>> Windows machine, you won't be able to connect again until you find out
>> the new address for the XP PC. If you have DHCP configured on your
>> network, your IP address will change frequently. If this method works
>> for you, get back to me and I'll tell you how to configure a static
>> (i.e., permanent) address for your Windows box.
>>
>> Eric Volker
>> ebv1 at charter.net
>>
>> On Dec 27, 2004, at 1:56 PM, Valerie Maples wrote:
>>
>>>  Thanks for getting back to me, Eric.  I have been without help most
>>> of the
>>> last week, so I apologize for the slow reply.  I know how to find the
>>> IP
>>> address on my Macintosh, how do I located on the Windows XP machine? 
>>> I
>>> would
>>> have thought I would find that by clicking on the status of this
>>> connection,
>>> but that does not yield information.
>>>
>>> Thanks again for your help!
>>>
>>> Valerie Maples
>>>
>>> Macintosh Dual 2 GHz Power PC G5
>>> 1 GB DDR SDRAM
>>> 160 GB HD
>>> iListen 1.6.5
>>> System OS X 10.3.7
>>> Sennheiser e845s microphone
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/20/04 7:25 PM, "Eric Volker" <ebv1 at charter.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Valerie-
>>>>
>>>> One trick that sometimes works is to map to the IP address of the
>>>> Windows machine. Thus, if the windows machine has an IP address of
>>>> 192.168.1.1, you would go to finder, View>Go>Connect to server, then
>>>> type in "smb://192.168.1.1" under Server Address. I'm sorry if 
>>>> you've
>>>> already been through this, but I only just now read the last few
>>>> postings.
>>>>
>>>> Eric
>>>>
>>>> On Dec 20, 2004, at 1:50 AM, Valerie Maples wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 12/14/04 7:09 PM, "John" <jmcgilvary at mac.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> First, what version of Windows are you using?
>>>>>
>>>>> Windows XP Pro
>>>>>
>>>>>> Second, just something because something is "shared", does not 
>>>>>> mean
>>>>>> EVERYONE has access to it. Windows does allow you to set 
>>>>>> permissions
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> all kinds of different levels.
>>>>>> Now, if it shared to ALL users, that is different (if you are
>>>>>> wireless,
>>>>>> I hope you are using a firewall, especially if you have given ALL
>>>>>> access to your whole system).
>>>>>
>>>>> To remove all doubt, I set it open to all users at the root
>>>>> directory.
>>>>>  I
>>>>> have a hardware firewall, but the windows software firewall 
>>>>> disabled
>>>>> for
>>>>> now.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Make sure the May user is in the "user" group that has access to 
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> drives.
>>>>>
>>>>> Since the PC has full access to the Mac and can read and write to
>>>>> it, I
>>>>> would think they are in the same group.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Something else you may try, I assume you are an administrator on 
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> Windows machine. Use That name and login info.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am the sole user /account on the PC and yes, have administrator
>>>>> privileges.  I am using Mac OS X 10.3.6 and when I click on network
>>>>> all
>>>>> through the machine, it has a connect6 button which asks me to log 
>>>>> on
>>>>> (I
>>>>> have no password), and when I click connect, I get the error 
>>>>> message,
>>>>> "The
>>>>> alias "DELL8200" could not be opened, because the original item
>>>>> cannot
>>>>> be
>>>>> found."
>>>>>
>>>>> Valerie
>>>>>
>>>>>
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