[G4] Wireless networking

[Jim Pacyga]

The ports are TCP/IP ports - if you have an XP firewall, they may need 
to manually opened.

As for the password, i don't think (but haven't tried in years) that 
samba works well if you have a NULL password.  Also, the password is 
case sensitive but the username and workgroup are not.

If you look at that website, there are also commands to do command line 
(from Terminal or XTerm) smb status and connections described well.

Lastly, did you install the BSD subsystem?  That might also make a 
difference.

jim
On 14 Dec 2004, at 21:25, Valerie Maples wrote:

> 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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