a little macbook help

[dotcom173]

well, this is my first mac, and i need a little help. should be a pretty simple problem. how do i go about setting up the network between my pc and mac. as of now, theyre both connected to the router and connect to the internet just fine. i want them to be able to see each other so i can transfer some stuff between the two. not sure if its the same process with pc and pc as it is with pc and mac. thanks.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Create a share on the Windows system (they're both PCs). Browse the network through finder. Cross your fingers.
Create a share on the Mac (its in the system preferences app, under Sharing, I think). Browse the network on the Windows machine. Cross your fingers.

 

[ForumMaster]

to share files, you'll need a FAT32 partition. OS X can read NTFS but cannot write to it. Windows XP can only read/write to HFS with third party software. create a FAT32 partition on both computers to share files between them or overcome the limitations that i pointed out.

things such as printers and Internet access shouldn't be a problem at all as you've discovered.

 

[Nothinman]

to share files, you'll need a FAT32 partition. OS X can read NTFS but cannot write to it. Windows XP can only read/write to HFS with third party software. create a FAT32 partition on both computers to share files between them or overcome the limitations that i pointed out.

Nonsense, the filesystem on the host is completely irrelevant. Both systems speak SMB/CIFS just fine and that's what's important here.

 

[ForumMaster]

Originally posted by: Nothinman

to share files, you'll need a FAT32 partition. OS X can read NTFS but cannot write to it. Windows XP can only read/write to HFS with third party software. create a FAT32 partition on both computers to share files between them or overcome the limitations that i pointed out.

Nonsense, the filesystem on the host is completely irrelevant. Both systems speak SMB/CIFS just fine and that's what's important here.

you sure? if so then i stand corrected. to share files, i suppose each host could simply read of the other. but form what i understand, he wants to share files. if so, he needs a common file system that both OS's can use, no?

 

[Nothinman]

you sure? if so then i stand corrected. to share files, i suppose each host could simply read of the other. but form what i understand, he wants to share files. if so, he needs a common file system that both OS's can use, no?

Not via the network, all client sees is a SMB/CIFS share no matter what filesystem is underneath it. I believe there are some low level calls that can tell you the remote filesystem so you can determine whether things like junctions are legal but those are extreme corner cases. Do you really think everyone using MythTV to record shows is using FAT? The same thing goes for the Internet, if you were required to understand the server's local filesystem you wouldn't be able to get to any server's running a form of unix because Windows doesn't understand any type of UFS, XFS, ext3, etc.

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: ForumMaster

Originally posted by: Nothinman

to share files, you'll need a FAT32 partition. OS X can read NTFS but cannot write to it. Windows XP can only read/write to HFS with third party software. create a FAT32 partition on both computers to share files between them or overcome the limitations that i pointed out.

Nonsense, the filesystem on the host is completely irrelevant. Both systems speak SMB/CIFS just fine and that's what's important here.

you sure? if so then i stand corrected. to share files, i suppose each host could simply read of the other. but form what i understand, he wants to share files. if so, he needs a common file system that both OS's can use, no?

Yes, that's how it works.

Anyways, once you've enabled filesharing on the mac, you can get to the mac directly by going to Run and typing in \\ipaddress_of_mac\username_on_mac

I have to do that for Vista... if i click on the mac through the network manager, the username/pw won't work.