[G4] File Sharing AlBook <=> PC

[Daniel Brieck]

Marc,

I think I know what problem you are having with the Windows networking 
stuff. The problem is that your mac is on a different workgroup name 
than the PC. That is why the "dumb" pc has no clue that you have 
another computer there.  Here is how you fix it.

Go to  Application folder then  Utilities then launch the Directory 
Access program.
Click the little lock and enter your admin password.
Then highlight/ click on SMB field under the Services Tab.
Then press Configure....

(Now Go to the windows PC an Check its workgroup name to be sure....
start>Control Panel> Performance and Maintenance > System > Computer 
Name {Tab} > Look for workgroup name)
Back on the mac....
Then Type the Name of your windows Workgroup name then press "OK".
Then quit Directory Access , your done...

This should also make the windows computer show up much faster on the 
mac's, "Connect to Sever Window".

Dan Brieck Jr.

On Wednesday, October 8, 2003, at 05:20  AM, Marc van Gemert wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
>
> Anyway the AlBook is networked via a switch to the PC (Windows XP Home
> SP1, fresh install). Everything is working fine except that I can see
> and mount the PC, but not the other way around. They're both in the
> 192.168.1.xxx range (.101 and .102) with subnet 255.255.255.0. Nothing
> unusual. Enabled Mac Sharing and Windows File sharing in the File
> Sharing pane. The Mac just doesn't appear in the Network Neighborhood 
> on
> the PC. Enabling Windows File Sharing should be all it takes, but it
> won't. No firewall software loaded cq enabled on both PC and Mac. Am I
> missing something?
>
> Also if I open the Connect To... 'Chooser' on the Mac it takes more 
> then
> a minute before it actually shows WORKGROUPS etc, this is very long
> compared to my network at home which shows it instantly. Therefor I 
> made
> an alias of the PC on the desktop. Also with 10.2.6 (at least on my
> network) you could select * in the Connect To... app to refresh the
> network search. This option has dissapeared in 10.2.7. Same for both
> problems after 10.2.8 update. Any comments on this?
>
> UPDATE: yesterday it showed the network instantly, but still no *.
>
> Also how can you set up to share the whole HD in Jag instead of only
> your own documents folder?
>
> UPDATE: I need OS X Server for that part if I understand it 
> correctly...
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> Marc
>